Off in the weeds

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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As we taxied back for another try, the three pax were joking about what
had just happened and kidding the cameraman. I don't think they realized
how close they had come to getting hurt or killed.

Wow! Thanks for the story, and I'm glad to hear you made it without
bending anything. We all learn from these stories.

There's an FBO across the airport from the main terminal operated by a guy
named Emil. Do you happen to know if it's still there?

I had one of the craziest and most unbelievable experiences there when a
Texas CAP group showed up a little after Hurricane Andrew. Those guys
basically just acted like they owned the place and there as bit of trouble
because one of 'em violated instructions from Ground more or less because he
simply didn't want to follow them. (No safety issue, just a belligerent
pilot.)

-c

"Gattman" wrote:

There's an FBO across the airport from the main terminal operated by a guy
named Emil. Do you happen to know if it's still there?

Nope. I've only landed at BTR a few times; I don't know anyone there.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

("Dan Luke" wrote)
Nope. I've only landed at BTR a few times; I don't know anyone there.


Well they know *you*, now. g


Paul-Mont-Ground-Crew
Our EAA Chapter's (August) Young Eagle day is Saturday ....morning.

http://www.americanwings.org/eagles.htm
American Wings Museum is next to the tower.

Maybe Cary (from these newsgroups) will be there, with his Diamond DA42 Twin
Star, giving kids rides again.

"Montblack" wrote:

Nope. I've only landed at BTR a few times; I don't know anyone there.


Well they know *you*, now. g


LOL

"Look, here comes Mr. Off-Road again!"

"Gattman" wrote

I had one of the craziest and most unbelievable experiences there when a
Texas CAP group showed up a little after Hurricane Andrew. Those guys
basically just acted like they owned the place and there as bit of trouble
because one of 'em violated instructions from Ground more or less because
he simply didn't want to follow them. (No safety issue, just a
belligerent pilot.)

If the unit at OSH (the CAP cadets and supervising officers) are any
indication of CAP as a whole, I'm not surprised. They are the ultimate in
belligerent.
--
Jim in NC

It reminds me of a similar event that happened when I was right seat
in a Cherokee coming back from a small airshow in NZ. Chris (who does
post in r.a.p from time to time) was flying and we had been queuing at
the hold point for some time. It was about 5.15pm local and the day
had been fine and clear. I don't recall the exact temperature but it
would have been about 95F.

I was looking out the right hand window during the takeoff run looking
at the now lengthy line of aircraft waiting to take off from the two
runways available. Chris asked me if I had my feet on the brakes. I
recall mumbling something in reply which made him repeat his question
firmly. That got my attention and I replied clearly this time that my
feet were flat on the floor and clear of the pedals. I looked up and
the marker boards at the other end of the grass runway were fast
approaching and there were people ahead about 500 feet past the
threshold striking tents that had been in use during the airshow.

Chris made the decision to continue with the takeoff and we just got
into the air before running out of runway. We cleared the people past
the runway by about 40 feet and continued to slowly gain altitude and
airspeed. It was about that time I glanced at the CHT and it was a
lot hotter than it should have been, as we had been sitting stationary
on the ground with the engine running for at least 20 minutes.
Combined with the hot day (altitude was not an issue, the runways
elevation was only 12 feet above sea level), 4 people on board and a
hot engine, our takeoff performance was vastly impaired. As we set a
cruise climb attitude the CHT returned to normal and our climb rate
increased back to normal as well. The rest of the trip was
uneventful. We discussed the incident during the flight and talked
about what we would do differently next time. I think we both
realised how close we had come to what could have been a major
accident.