Just yanking yer chain...

I once had to chock the swiveling tailwheel of an L-13 so I could tow him in
a high crosswind. We were ferrying the Pawnee and Blanik home to Black
Forest from a long weekend in Creede, CO, and I had to land for fuel in
Salida. There was nobody to help so we towed the glider to the takeoff
point with the tug and long rope then, after several attempts where the
glider would weather vane before I could get the tow going, I hit on using a
pebble under the tail wheel to keep the glider from rotating. The takeoff
was then a snap.


"Evan Ludeman" wrote in message
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On Jun 18, 12:10 pm, "Dan Marotta" wrote:
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((Obviously: don't leave sticks anywhere an airplane can/will run over
them.))

-Evan Ludeman / T8

So... You flew back and removed the sticks from the runway?

Naw. They're right at the ragged edge of the tarmac, which on that
runway isn't useful for anything other than launching a glider. Close
to trees, etc. You can argue it's bad form and I would not
disagree... but relative to the risk of taking out a landing light
with a downwind/downhill takeoff, we judged it the right thing to do.

-Evan / T8