by Bill Watson <Mauledriver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Mar 11, 2008 at 06:34 PM
John R. Copeland wrote:
> The most fun was my time in Cessna 180s and 195s with crosswind gear.
> We could land them in astounding crab angles and still roll along
centerline.
>
One of my earliest air****t watching memories was of a large taildragger
(Beaver perhaps or a 195) taxiing out from AGC's ramp with what looked
like broken landing gear. I remember him disappearing into the fog and
listening to him take off.
Many years later I realized I had seen some of that weird looking
crosswind gear rolling a large 'dragger around the ramp, and then
witnessed something close to a zero vis, zero ceiling takeoff. Whew!
The only mitigating factor was that the wind was probably zero too.
Big Fun.
