You could even camp under your parachute
I've flown a non-Cirrus with a parachute before. Was an Apollo Fox SLSA at 5C1 and it was a nice little plane. If there was a reasonably-priced 'chute option for the Cessna 120 I'd give it serious thought, but mainly for real uh-oh situations. I will say that despite it not being as "robust" as a Cessna 172, I actually preferred it on night cross-country flights knowing I wouldn't have to worry about hitting trees in the middle of a perfect approach.HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is funny as hell!!!!!!
Cool. You guys flying out of KHYI, KEDC and KGTU? I assume y'all are car-pooling .... errr ... plane-pooling?Austin Pilots Group will be there!![]()
Good question but their webpage fails to disclose that.What time does the competition begin? If I were to fly in Saturday morning for the day, is it difficult to land on 17/35 with all the activity on 13/31? I'd hate to be the azzhat who disrupted things.
Oh please do.I can give Larry a call. Surely he'd know.
Or fall from together?That said, I know how rarely things fall into place.
Or fall from together?
Wishing you good luck on the reassembly and test flight. And hoping to see you there. How do we recognize you? Do we just look for a canopy over the field?![]()
Don't forget a tub of coleslaw.I'll be the one wearing sandals.
I don't see anything about the airport being closed during competition so presumably you can arrive anytime. And that does mean possible intersecting approaches or departures. No problem if we use what we know.
It was a lot of fun, but exhausting.Saw you taxi in and park near the end of 17 @Lowflynjack, there was a lot of planes out! Sad to see the guy ground loop.
I agree. They were using the southbound grass runway (13) for the contest, but telling any incoming traffic to use the northbound paved runway (35). They were all quick to gather up and discuss that it was only light winds, but as I said earlier it was 7G16. It's a good lesson for us all. You are the pilot-in-command. Had you crashed, it would be your fault.The wind was out of the south most of the day. I had to go around on 35 after misjudging the distance I'd need to land with a tailwind. I didn't think landing on 17 would be any more dangerous than me going around on 35.
Not sure how everyone missed it. They had all three meals every day. They had the big tent up, and behind it to the North they served pancakes, sausage, eggs, etc. Oh, and coffee, lots of coffee!It was a fun-filled day for sure. Lots of people were disappointed that there was no food around until lunch. (frankly, serving breakfast tacos in the morning in Texas has become kind of a standard ... I am surprised that the Mexicans overslept this one ... there were 0 taco trucks at the event)
Thanks! About half the time I was hiding under the wing. It was a very nice day, but after walking the runway a few times I was exhausted and hot.I saw the shiny 140 - what a gem!
None of us found any food except the burgers at the end of 13 at noon. I am sure I would have smelled coffee, pancakes and sausages. Were they in the parking lot? We also asked the parking attendants and they said they had no clue.Not sure how everyone missed it. They had all three meals every day. They had the big tent up, and behind it to the North they served pancakes, sausage, eggs, etc. Oh, and coffee, lots of coffee!
So you're sure you would have smelled it, but you didn't?! See the big white tent on my photo? It's the little buildings straight to the left.None of us found any food except the burgers at the end of 13 at noon. I am sure I would have smelled coffee, pancakes and sausages. Were they in the parking lot? We also asked the parking attendants and they said they had no clue.
So I take it you did not compete, Jack?
We saw the 195 too, awesome airplane. Great pictures, as usual.
Still got a lot to go through. I'll try to post more soon. I only took 600 or so... slow day for me!The white tent only had free warm water when we got there. Maybe we arrived too late for the food, not sure.
Got any more awesome pictures?