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Old July 4th 19, 04:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
ProfJ
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Default Got the runways reversed again

On Wednesday, 3 July 2019 12:37:55 UTC-6, ripacheco1967 wrote:
I once landed a Cessna 150 on the wrong runway when a Citation was getting ready to take off in the opposite direction. Thankfully the Citation had as on TCAS and the incident didn't go beyond a bruised ego.


On my first solo in a TMG I had a Beech Bonanza line up and take off downwind, as I was on short final. Numerous folks around the field yelling at him on Unicom to no avail. I had been flying unpowered gliders for several years, so just ran the motorglider off the runway into the grass as soon as it was going slow enough. CFI was having a heart attack watching. Of course, I should just have powered up and gone around, but as a glider pilot I forgot I had that option!