Bill
Touchdown! Greaser!
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For a great wekend, pics and thoughts to follow...
Ken Ibold said:Bill, glad you made it back. You had a pile of crap to fly through this afternoon!
Toby said:Glad you're home, Bill. Isn't it nice when those briefers and controllers are looking out for you?
Whatever happened to the rest of the moonpies? Are Carol T. and Steve See eating them?
Bob Bement said:Michael,
I got your takeoff on vedio, and it looked strange to see you disappear in that fog or mist patch. I was a bit worried about you guys. Glad to hear that you got home allright.
lancefisher said:Yeah, how was that takeoff Michael? It didn't look like more than 1 mile vis when I looked outside for the first time a little while after I heard you depart. That sounds scary given the terrain unless the layer was really thin.
Michael said:Lance, there was at least 5 miles vis acording to Baxter Co. ASOS....and very thin. that wasnt what scared me...Bob, Id like to see that video and just how close I came to them trees on the left side of the runway, they filled my windshield pretty quickly. The wet grass, along with the shortfield technique i used alowed the plane to slide to the left a little too much. good news is..I learned something They say when you do something stupid and walk away, you are lucky to have the experiance to learn.
Greg,Greg Bockelman said:It WAS "interesting" to watch.
gibbons said:Greg,
Are you suggesting you'd like to share your "Best Save" award?
Carol said:Many (most?) of the Moon Pies are now in Mississippi.
You're welcome Bill, and all y'all who have expressed thanks. I didn't do much but shout, "Let's have a party!”Bill Jennings said:For a great weekend..
gibbons said:Greg,
Are you suggesting you'd like to share your "Best Save" award?
Diana said:Greg Bockelman was very generous to give me a ride in his 195 and let me fly it as well. I got to observe first hand how cool and calm he could be as an instructor. As I took the controls after leaving the ground and played with trim, I heard in a very calm and pleasant and smiling voice “you might want to avoid hitting these trees right here.”