... Before I restored my L-17B back to her original Warbird status, I landed her on a west Texas deer lease ranch road. No worries, she was designed for "unimproved fields". If you want a tough and tumble, easy to fly retract, get yourself a Navion u s ML
750 likeswest_texas_vuelta Was that around Fort Stockton/Sheffield somewhere?
- laruetactical @west_texas_vuelta ... Sanderson 1 like
- west_texas_vuelta @laruetactical Nice! My in laws ranch down there.
bordeth I betcha it has the rock beauty marks on the bottom! 2 likes
- laruetactical @bordeth ... You better stick to blacktop 😎 1 like
- hobbit0717 @bordeth dimples make it fly better, like a golfball 2 likes
- bordeth @laruetactical Agreed but my old boss would have had a stroke if his sweet Beech came back with some. Does that Navion have high flotation gear and tires?
- laruetactical @bordeth ... I got a friend with a Beech and he lands it on blacktop only. And he learned to fly on grass, er, uh, Texas. 1 like
superstol50 🤟
ryan_kunkel_ Reminds me of a scene from BLOW
thewahooranch Looks like Tres Ninos!
legionpreparedness 🔥🔥🔥
taildragger_guy 🙌 say it louder for the non navioneers!😂
nowaytoretire Are you going to build a minigun to mount on it? 😁