To: ByronMFox@aol.com
Cc: lancair.list@olsusa.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 07:02:50 -0500
Subject: Re: Fw: Taxiing on Grass
Message-ID: <20000621.070253.-1885517.0.Earl_Schroeder@juno.com>
From: earl_schroeder@juno.com
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Hi Byron,

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 22:40:05 EDT ByronMFox@aol.com writes:
> Many thanks, Earl.  Is the sod rather firm?  You comment regarding 
"sand 
> blasting" one's neighbors would lead me to believe that it is.   

The area that most Lancair drivers park is in the Northern part of the
show plane area which is near the warbirds and also near the Lancair
'tent'.  Some of the volunteers should know this when you land and direct
you to this area.  If not, tell them you want to go to the North end of
the 'homebuilt' area.  Since this is part of the 'high' ground, it
usually drains quickly after a rain and is 'rather firm' also.  Not to
imply that you can see hills & valleys but from experience we know this
to be the case.  On your airport diagram, this is near the intersection
of 18-36 and 9-27 on the Southwest 'corner'.  You can stay on the West
taxiway all the way to this area before turning off onto the grass if you
land on the North-South runway (which you should ask for if traffic
permits).  My comment about 'sand blasting' applies more to Sun-n-fun
since they do have sand and (have in the past) also permitted one to taxi
into the parking position.  I would not take my Lancair to Lakeland for
this reason.  One year I flew with a Glasair builder and his airplane was
blasted unmercifully.  Also when we flew the Mustang II his canopy
received the 'treatment' so we go to Bartow and take the limo to the
airshow.  Or stay in Kissimee and rent a car.  Hope this helps... see ya
at Oskosh!   Earl

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