corjulo
Line Up and Wait
OK OK Finally an excuse to tell my grass strip story
Last year, in late August, I spent a week finishing up my tail wheel endorsement on a grass strip on Martha's Vineyard. So all week up and down I went on three grass strips at Katama in a Citabria and a Birddog. On the last day I kept seeing this neat looking hawk sitting on a post midfield on 17. I even mentioned it to my CFI and we both watched it most of the afternoon. Friday came and I get my tail-wheel endorsement and go home. The nextweek the Birding world is all a buzz over a sighting of a never seen in north america red footed falcon. From that moment on hundreds and hundreds of birders flocked to Katama every day. I can only imagine trying to get a tail wheel endorsement with 300 hundred bird watchers scowling at my ever landing. Too bad I had no idea what I was looking at or I might have gotten credit for the sighting.
Anyway, grass is great, don't be afraid of it.
Last year, in late August, I spent a week finishing up my tail wheel endorsement on a grass strip on Martha's Vineyard. So all week up and down I went on three grass strips at Katama in a Citabria and a Birddog. On the last day I kept seeing this neat looking hawk sitting on a post midfield on 17. I even mentioned it to my CFI and we both watched it most of the afternoon. Friday came and I get my tail-wheel endorsement and go home. The nextweek the Birding world is all a buzz over a sighting of a never seen in north america red footed falcon. From that moment on hundreds and hundreds of birders flocked to Katama every day. I can only imagine trying to get a tail wheel endorsement with 300 hundred bird watchers scowling at my ever landing. Too bad I had no idea what I was looking at or I might have gotten credit for the sighting.
Anyway, grass is great, don't be afraid of it.
