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Old 10-03-2006 | 11:29 AM
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Default RE: Advice after a bad day

Call me superstitious, but on days when there's more than one crash at the field I start feeling uneasy with this "maybe I'm next" feeling. At times like this, I stay grounded. Don't feel so bad Cambo, it's nearly impossible to land a plane that's missing one wheel without some kind of damage, especially if you're flying off grass. It happened to me a few months ago with my Laser 200. It was only the 2nd or 3rd flight after maiden, I made a low pass and noticed the missing wheel. I stayed airborne as long as I could to make the plane lighter. It's a bad feeling, you see your plane in the air, brand new, looking so good, and you know something is going to break as soon as you touch down. I tried to bring her down as slow as I could but as soon as the missing wheel side of the landing gear touched the grass it ripped the whole thing off causing some collateral damage to the fuse. It happens.