non-towered airport question

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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Speaking of crash and goes, Max, the (ex) Concorde pilot, put
his prize-winning Luscombe down hard yesterday on the strip
in a crosswind while I was there. Broke the tailwheel off and
damaged the rudder and elevators. :-(


Paul,

A Luscombe Pilot Rule Of Thumb: NEVER, EVER let heavy iron types near a
Luscombe. They always break them, and they are such docile airplanes to fly
and land! Probably an over-controlling problem

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
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Paul,

A Luscombe Pilot Rule Of Thumb: NEVER, EVER let heavy iron types near a
Luscombe. They always break them, and they are such docile airplanes to
fly
and land! Probably an over-controlling problem


Max has been flying the Luscombe for quite a while now. He
does air tests and all sorts of things in small planes. He's not
just a "heavy iron" type. There was a 90 degree crosswind at
the time. I didn't see it happen but helped recover the aircraft
to the hangar. I think it was just one of those things.

And yes, it's a beautiful plane. It's won best Luscombe at one
show, best foreign made aircraft at another, maybe some others.
It's kept in the hangar and never goes out in the rain!

Paul