Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:48 am
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chevvron wrote:Joe Dell wrote:Last year year I flew, for the first time, into a grass strip to pick up two pilots who'd each left their aircraft for maintenance. Tricky approach into a low sun. Nice gentle touchdown in the stubble field next to the runway. Nobody noticed.
Bit like my brother a few years back at a strip in France. Made all calls, landed, taxied in, then someone casually asked 'why did you land on ze taxiway?'
Our local is a grass strip with a nice wide grass taxiway beside it. Went for a refresher bimble with an instructor a couple of weeks ago after being out of the plane for a few months. Turn final, line up nicely on the taxiway centreline, realise what I've done and correct
(I don't think he noticed, but the landing was a bit of a stinker too so around we went for another one)