aerowerxMarch 13, 2013, 2:49pm
Not Mini-Max related, but...
This happened when I was a student pilot, flying out of 4I9 (north central Ohio).
It was a beautidul June Saturday and I was scheduled for a solo flight. As I pulled into the drive I noticed a tractor at the far end of the field mowing the grass.
While doing my preflight an Army Reserve Cobra helicopter flew over.
A few minutes late I was taxiing out, looked up, and there was the helicopter skimming along, 5 feet above the runway. "737 Alpha Zulu holding short, runway One-Zero", I announced. The chopper pilot answered: "I'm Just cleaning the grass off the runway. I'll be out of your way in a minute."
"Only in America", I said to myself. " A million dollar leaf blower!"
This happened when I was a student pilot, flying out of 4I9 (north central Ohio).
It was a beautidul June Saturday and I was scheduled for a solo flight. As I pulled into the drive I noticed a tractor at the far end of the field mowing the grass.
While doing my preflight an Army Reserve Cobra helicopter flew over.
A few minutes late I was taxiing out, looked up, and there was the helicopter skimming along, 5 feet above the runway. "737 Alpha Zulu holding short, runway One-Zero", I announced. The chopper pilot answered: "I'm Just cleaning the grass off the runway. I'll be out of your way in a minute."
"Only in America", I said to myself. " A million dollar leaf blower!"
If Man was not meant to fly, then Orville and Wilbur would have been butchers.
After all, you know what they say about pigs and flying!