I landed my Venus II one day and the landing was a tad long. So, I turned it around and started to taxi back to where I was standing.. it was about 100 yards away... (yeah, I know.. don't remind me of my landing skills on that one..let's just say it was windy, ok? ).

Well, I have a non-attached tail wheel on that plane.. meaning that it free-floats around, so all steering is done by the rudder, and it usually needs a bit of help from the prop wash.. yeah.. well, while taxi'ing back, I had the elevator full up to keep the tail wheel down , out of habit, and then the darned thing went airborne as it was headed directly toward me. I immediately cut the throttle and put it back on the ground.. and looked around to see if anyone was watching.. oops.. scared the hell out of me!!! I guess I had to much throttle on there, ya think? [X(]

CGr.