On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:23:01 -0700, "NW_PILOT"
wrote:

With all the construction around my home base they have dirt clouds that is
blowing around the airport I wash my windshield by the time I need to clean
it again just after take off witch is inpossable. I think the construction
workers need to spray their dirt while doing construction to keep the dust
clouds down they know they are 150' from an airport's runway.

A few years back was a very dry year at Oshkosh. At the end of the
fly-in the grass in the Antique/Classic/contemporary camping area was
all dead and dust was everywhere. I had to go over the windshield at
least 4 times using a bucket of water. Even then you could see a
ridge of that fine dust which was now mud, at the edge of the cloth.

When I fired up the whole area disappeared in a very thick and
spectacular dust cloud. At least I was near the outgoing end of the
row and didn't have to taxi by every one. I sure would have hated to
have been one of the last to leave.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:M4YJc.71720$WX.6133@attbi_s51...
I just cannot stand the look of bugs on the plane, especially if the
rest is immaculate.

I'll second that motion.

Nothing screams "rental" like a gross, bug-encrusted airplane.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"