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Show off! LOL! Not your first weather rodeo, clearly! Nice of the town to dedicate such a wide open space for a runway. Thanks for the stories! But still no tire chains, alas. I can't help thinking the outcome might not have been as good WITH chains....

I did see a photo, and the fellow who had it on his phone said he took it personally. Old fart, like me, so I don't think it was a prank. But... thanks for your input, for sure. My guess is that the pilot was just doing something on his own, and hadn't really tested the hypothesis. The fellow...

Wouldn't the uneven behavior of the brakes mean the tail wheel would lose it's ability to keep the plane going straight? Like I said, I've never seen that done before. Any video references to see that in action?

I just saw a photo of a super cub with big fat tires, sitting at the side of a grass field, in some broken snow (not much of it), with what looked like brand new tire chains on the wheels -- the kind that only cover the rubber, and don't touch the rims. I've never seen that before, and I've...