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Old September 20th 18, 05:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Nick Kennedy[_3_]
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Default A few newbie questions about the sport

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John OHM said it might be better to put it in a field than land at a active airport. This is crazy. There is nothing to be afraid of landing at a "Active" airport. Get on the radio early,
just check out the layout from the air, get on the radio somemore, land and stop next to taxiway, get out and push your ship behind the hold line. Helluva lot safer than landing in ANY field IMHO Airports are a know factor, fields, any fields are unknown factors. Hopefully everyone knows how to push there plane around on the ground by hand with no wing wheels or tail dollys. You pick the tail boom up drag it around to get the tail pointed where you want to go, move to the leading edge of the wing, next to the fuselage, level the wings and push, you can even steer most planes by raising or lowering the wing a little bit.
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