Scudrunners

You can see why a straight-in final is not the best choice for
an aircraft with limited forward visibility during approach ...

You can stay high and sideslip the whole way down, if ATC
insists you fly perfectly straight in. Gerry Younger liked that.

Hardest landing for me was in ZBB number 3 in the pattern, extended base for noobs with an Extra 300 on my heals.

The guys at St Andrew’s are sure familiar with the Pitts probably from the school there. Cleared the close in circuit I think they said. Perfect thanks !

All the small airports easy overhead breaks. Still fucked up a few and went around

I don’t want to talk about Marathon Ontario.

Marathon is a weird airport. Interesting when it gets windy. Sh1t wx.

Eric was stuck there for days, in a cub he was ferrying out west for a guy
that's in jail now. I had to start Fedex'ing him computer equipment.

Ferrying aircraft across the country is good experience for new pilots.

Flying across the prairies, he texted me, "I have a 30 knot headwind! I
need to re-flight plan for fuel stop!"

I texted back, "Drop down to 1000 feet"

He texted back "Headwind down to 20 knots"

I texted back, "Drop down to 500 feet"

He texted back, "Headwind down to 10 knots"

I texted back, "Drop down and start drafting tractor-trailers on the trans-canada highway"



I probably have some of the numbers wrong, but it's been a few years.

I understand it can get a little windy on the prairies, sometimes.