Short Field- FARM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWRCQVBzDHc

This is a clip of me in my 5 with a Franklin 4A 235 B31 116HP at Pierre's airfield.
My plane is 960lbs empty.
The difference here is that this was a cool evening with an into wind (gentle, as you can see from the sock) take off. I was one up and 3/4 tanks.
He was operating on a hot morning (07h15) and I think with no significant wind, but those large hills to the north can cause eddys and allow us to think that there is no wind????
The other day, it was hot and I was caught with 2 wind shears on approach to land on the up hill on short finals! I ended up with full power to keep it from landing short and hard in the alfalfa and before the gate, then , quick as a wink, I was too fast and touching down and committed to land! I got it stopped in good time though, but it just goes to show that a couple of variables and we are "in the Dwang!"

You can see the gate he went through and he ended up in the middle of that alfalfa land.

Pierre filmed this on his I-phone.

So?
It seems do-able, and Pierre and I have been doing it pretty Easily for a long time, but suddenly, on the day, all the holes in the cheese lined up to cause an accident!

What's done is done and the only good that can come of it now, is that we all learn something; If only to be more careful!

Reid