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 @skye @uint8_t @Unixbigot The only landing-out I observed was a glider from Duxford landing at Cambridge whilst I was hanging around the flying club. The tug flew over to take the glider home. The tug pilot came into the office to offer the pay the landing fee for the tug. "It's OK," he was told, "there's nothing to pay, your gliding club has a season ticket." 3 comments
@skye @uint8_t @Unixbigot I hope the trailer comes with a bottle or two for the farmer! - or is that only the custom for balloon landings? @TimWardCam @uint8_t @Unixbigot if you actually damaged something you generally just get their details and pass it on to insurance lol, but i was never present when there was damage (either to the plane or the field). you do have to pay for a crate of drinks when you’re back home though |
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@TimWardCam @uint8_t @Unixbigot haha yeah if you make it to an airfield it’s a lot less awkward. (though i never got my certificate for tug launches - too stinky, too expensive, too loud, and our airfield didn’t have a permit for any kind of motor planes anyway so i literally never needed it)
landing on a random field somewhere is much more adventurous, nobody there to help you organise your stuff, no cool drinks etc. and at the end you’re inevitably running through some random town in the middle of nowhere, phone in hand, trying to figure out where the people with the trailer are, while the people with the trailer are driving through the same town, phone in hand, trying to figure out where the hell the plane is
@TimWardCam @uint8_t @Unixbigot haha yeah if you make it to an airfield it’s a lot less awkward. (though i never got my certificate for tug launches - too stinky, too expensive, too loud, and our airfield didn’t have a permit for any kind of motor planes anyway so i literally never needed it)
landing on a random field somewhere is much more adventurous, nobody there to help you organise your stuff, no cool drinks etc. and at the end you’re inevitably running through some random town in the middle...