On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, G.R. Patterson III wrote:
Morgans wrote:

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote

And doing it (nosewheel landings) in front a a thousand people or so is
embarrassing. Flaring properly is an excellent way of ensuring that this
never happens to you.

George Patterson

George, is this a confession? g ducking and running

Nope -- still thinking about that Cessna pilot at Sussex.

I fly a Maule. There's an entire 'nother category of possibilities for
embarassment.

"There are two categories of tailwheel pilot: those who have groundlooped
their aircraft, and those who will."

Been there, done that, just once. Didn't ding self, plane or runway
lights, and went up to do another two touch-n-goes to get back on the
horse that threw me...

The wind was gusty & getting close to my X-wind limits (nowhere near the
Citabria's limits, just my personal ones at the time...), so I planned one
last touch-n-go before the full stop. My approach was squirrelly, the wind
gusted hard just at touchdown, and I may have tapped the brakes;
the next thing I knew I was rolling down one of 09's taxiways and Tower
was saying, "Juliet Tango Mike, you OK out there?"

I should have gone into the grass, but Golf taxiway was at exactly the
right spot for me... Got the plane looked at when I went back to the Club;
no stress on it. I was another matter!

We won't discuss my first arrival at Oshkosh ( at least I didn't
run down the Ford tri-motor).

Likewise, I missed the runway lights!

Brian
www.warbard.ca/avgas/