gliderman
01-12-2019, 04:00 PM
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well last weekend a buddy and I where delivering flyers to local airports for the upcoming COPA western convention. Actually we just wanted to go flying and this was a good a reason as any lol. we flew to Ponoka AB then on to Wetaskiwin AB then hoped over to Camrose AB. all was good until we got to Camrose. we flew over looking at the runway and it was mostly clear with a few spots of snow.looked good for landing so away we went and landed. well..... the spots of snow on the runway where actually drifts- HARD drifts. oh boy
well we have to thank Mr.Piper for building the tripacer nose gear like the proverbial poop house. the guy I was with said that if we had used his C-172 we would have been in a world of hurt with the nose gear folded back and a bent prop
A fella who was clearing his apron with his Kubota broke all the rules and plowed us a short strip so that we could get home. good practice for our short field
technique......
all is good
Shane-o
well last weekend a buddy and I where delivering flyers to local airports for the upcoming COPA western convention. Actually we just wanted to go flying and this was a good a reason as any lol. we flew to Ponoka AB then on to Wetaskiwin AB then hoped over to Camrose AB. all was good until we got to Camrose. we flew over looking at the runway and it was mostly clear with a few spots of snow.looked good for landing so away we went and landed. well..... the spots of snow on the runway where actually drifts- HARD drifts. oh boy
well we have to thank Mr.Piper for building the tripacer nose gear like the proverbial poop house. the guy I was with said that if we had used his C-172 we would have been in a world of hurt with the nose gear folded back and a bent prop
A fella who was clearing his apron with his Kubota broke all the rules and plowed us a short strip so that we could get home. good practice for our short field
technique......
all is good
Shane-o