Original Posted By: "David Paule"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: don't worry Dan from Poplar GroveYou know Dan you mention if you're at Oshkosh and the controllers made you landon the asphalt in a quartering taiwind....isa valid point. I will give EAA credit on the issue of the Showcase Event/ HomebuiltReview in that during the flight briefingthe Air Boss told us that if we were not comfortable with the runway in use atthe time of landing that we could request the otherrunway and he would do everything he could to accommodate us. I saw what a difficulttime your friend from Poplar Grovehad landing into that really gusty 45 degree crosswind in his beautiful red (JuniorAce ?) Ace high wing but his alternative wasto ask for the other runway which was also exactly 45 degrees into the crosswind. This Oshkosh presented some gusty, oddwind patterns (but nice cool temperatures) and it was challenging, even for thebest of the best of us to handle them-- and I'm talking of our own Lowell Frank who I would let my first wife, current wife, firstborn, second born, third born, and relatives flywith anyday. You take yer chances. Keep going Dan-- you're going to be an award winner next summer when you take yourpretty Ford Piet into Oshkosh. Ask em' for the ultralight runway like Greg Cardinal did or just land in the grassnext to the assigned runway...what can they do ?Andrew King and Frank Pavliga have done that on numerous landings and nobody calledthem on it. If you need the grass, use it. Mike COhio________________________________________________________________________________