rightrudder
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Thanks, Jim, and Merry Christmas to you too! Today's task was filling the tanks and calibrating the senders, two measly gallons at a time. It'll be nice to fill them at a regular pump instead of through gas cans and funnels. I think I got a little more in the tanks than I spilled.
Our mutual friend Tom Wilson paid me a visit today in his Starduster bipe. And geez, he stood it on its tail leaving Cable. Amazing rate of climb!! It's crazy, too, that five miles away, the winds were gusting to 40 knots or so at Ontario (two flights diverted because of wind) yet it was eerily calm at Cable...less that 10 knots and straight down the runway when Tom Landed, though it turned into a stiffer 90-degree crosswind when he left.
Our mutual friend Tom Wilson paid me a visit today in his Starduster bipe. And geez, he stood it on its tail leaving Cable. Amazing rate of climb!! It's crazy, too, that five miles away, the winds were gusting to 40 knots or so at Ontario (two flights diverted because of wind) yet it was eerily calm at Cable...less that 10 knots and straight down the runway when Tom Landed, though it turned into a stiffer 90-degree crosswind when he left.