Reminds me of the time...

It was January, we had left AUG for Moosehead Lake, we were searching for an
old saw mill and old Steam Locomotive lost in the Maine Woods.. January
would be best time.. no leaves on the trees.. we were looking on Brassua
Lake, on the outlet with the Moose River.

We did not find the Locomotive, but the whole time I was thinking.. if this
engine dies... I'll land on Moosehead Lake, we can open the doors and sail
it to Greenville on the solid smooth ice. I had flown over the lake on the
way up and I knew it was solid all the way into the harbor at Greenville,
the outside temp was on the double digit minus side of 0F.

The engine held up, and we landed at Greenville to warm up and stretch our
legs. Not to bad there on the runway, but we had to roll over a small ice
hill to get onto the taxi way, a berm left by the snow plow that was solid
ice, that should have been a clue. And then the fun started, the taxiway was
patchy ice but maneuverable. The RAMP was SHEET ICE, we were sailing, made
me think of docking maneuvers on water with floats as we maneuvered past the
DC-3 on Amphib Floats.

The place looked deserted, so we kept safely moving back to the runway, we
knew we had enough fuel to return, so we left, headed back to AUG.

The plane was a trusty Beech Sundowner.

BT

Ok, I can't resist. Then there was the time landing in MHT. Tower had
reported braking action poor. I landed an Arrow with the crosswind and was
sliding in the crab to maintain centerline with the winds.. I did not like
that. Got it straightened out before I hit a bare patch. Taxied in and
talked with the tower. The next aircraft in was a Delta DC-9 inbound on the
ILS. Tower Reports: "Braking action reported poor by a fuel truck, Reported
NIL by an Arrow.

And people wonder why I moved to the Desert SW.
Winds today, 20G40.

BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Here are a few pix of our icy taxiways here in Iowa City, for you guys
who don't normally see this stuff:

http://alexisparkinn.com/2007_icyflighttogrinnell.htm

We've received another 5" of snow since those pix were taken. Winter
came late this year, but it's here with a vengeance now.

Bonus pic: I snapped a picture of the awesome Cadillac Courtesy Car in
Grinnell (GGI), IA. I'm still amazed...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"