RE: SPAD Biplane
As I have mentioned before, I have been waiting for some snow so I could try out the Dubro skis I purchase for last year. Last year we had zero snow. About 2 weeks ago we had a lot of snow but I was in bed with a stomach attack that made me wondering what peanut butter product I may have been eating. Well, three days ago we had some more snow and I just had to go since we may not have any more snow this year. I put the skis on my SPAD Biplane and drove out to our field. On the drive out I noticed three American flags on flag poles; two were straight out and the third looked like it was straight out plus maybe 5-10 degrees further up. I never have noticed that before. At the field the wind sock was straight out but seemed steady. My guess was 30 MPH. As I carried the plane in my left hand and my flight box in my right hand, I was facing down to reduce the wind load on my face. I noticed the wind was blowing the fine grained snow at a high rate, just over the ground. I also noticed that as I was walking I was leaning into the wind. Then the plane started dancing all over the place and I was afraid it would get away from me. Finally I told myself this was ridicules, returned to my warm car, and went home. I took the attached photo in my back yard after I got home. I hope I'll get a ski flight in this year.