On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 05:06:34 GMT, (Badwater
Bill) wrote:

I flew an RV-6 today. When I took off the winds were calm. When I
cam back I had to land on runway 12R at North Town with a damn wind
out of 180 at 25, gusting to 40. It's a typical thing here.

Bill, the flight in last month caught the United guys (at least) off
guard I think.. In LA, they were saying that it was fairly nice in
Vegas, as we came over the mountains and could actually see the city,
I could tell from the dust in the air, it wasn't gonna be smooth..
Shortly after that, they came on and said.. "well, it looks like a
little windstorm has blown up" yea.. little.. ;-)

I grew up in Reno, similar there though maybe not as severe, except
sometimes, it REALLY blows nuts in Reno..

I've actually managed to be there during both their record winds..
once in the 60's when I was a teenager, and by fluke, a couple years
ago when I went down for a party near Christmas with the Rare Bear
guys..

Strange state.. how long have you been in the area... and... the
$20,000. question... do you know where we could land the use of some
tow bars suitable for Mustangs and Sea Furys come next November for
Aviation Nation out at Nellis??

Sorry for taking the thread off topic but, I work with one of the
organizers and *if* we get the turnout that is expected... meaning if
they stay healthy through Reno and the weather cooperates, we're going
to be short towbars..

Anyway... dunno if that's a very common commodity down your way,
there's a few in Reno, every team has their own but only one or two
bring their trailers to Nellis for the demo races..

Wayne Sagar
All Aviation FlightLine OnLine
http://aafo.com

PS.. a link to what I got to do while down there last month...
http://www.aafo.com/hangartalk/showthread.php?t=1615