Geico266
Touchdown! Greaser!
Last night about 20 mins after sunset I was in the pattern after announcing my position starting 10 miles out. Lots of times at our airport there is a made dash to get down before twilight sunset and since last night was a particularly beautiful night here in the plains, I thought there would be some traffic. No traffic was reported.... cool!
I was flying my RV-12, had my strobes on, position lights on, flashing landing light on. I must have looked like a flying Vegas billboard. After touch down and roll out I could have made the taxi way, but since I had not heard anyone announce it was closer to the hangar to back taxi in 17.
This is where it gets interesting. I announce my back-taxi, (still have all lights flashing and strobes strobing) and turn 90 degrees to see a Piper cub on short final with no radio and no lights.
He does a go around and I head for the taxiway and announce to him I have cleared the active and to come on in. No response, but just in case he could hear me. After he landed I drove over to his hangar just to talk.
Turns out he mis judged his VFR flight and was late getting back to the airport. The radio could receive but not transmit, and he could see me fine. When I asked him what about someone else coming in right behind him he said he was thinking of getting the radio fixed. I told him that might not be a bad idea.
You just never know when someone else is gonna try and ruining your day. Me by doing a 180 and backtaxi when there is a perfectly good taxi way right there, and him by flying at night with no lights and no radio.
Lets be careful out there!
I was flying my RV-12, had my strobes on, position lights on, flashing landing light on. I must have looked like a flying Vegas billboard. After touch down and roll out I could have made the taxi way, but since I had not heard anyone announce it was closer to the hangar to back taxi in 17.
This is where it gets interesting. I announce my back-taxi, (still have all lights flashing and strobes strobing) and turn 90 degrees to see a Piper cub on short final with no radio and no lights.
He does a go around and I head for the taxiway and announce to him I have cleared the active and to come on in. No response, but just in case he could hear me. After he landed I drove over to his hangar just to talk.
Turns out he mis judged his VFR flight and was late getting back to the airport. The radio could receive but not transmit, and he could see me fine. When I asked him what about someone else coming in right behind him he said he was thinking of getting the radio fixed. I told him that might not be a bad idea.
You just never know when someone else is gonna try and ruining your day. Me by doing a 180 and backtaxi when there is a perfectly good taxi way right there, and him by flying at night with no lights and no radio.
Lets be careful out there!
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