Dogs at Wau
My mother told a story about a bull dog or maybe a bull terrier at Wau in the early forties. Bastard used to amble across the strip all the time.
The old man was taking off down the hill in his Gypsie moth when Bully appears in front of him.
There's an awful lurch and Charlie manages to get off the ground and proceed to Lae.
After a careful landing he taxied in with a bit of an angle of bank and parked in front of the maintenance hangar.
Undercarriage is a nicely bent but was able to be replaced quickly.
Everyone seemed quite happy knowing that Bully had finally met his fate, as he had caused lots of havoc with swerving aircraft.
The old man did most of the days flights and returned to Wau in the arvo.
Touched down and up popps Bully from a nest on the strip and waddles JUST out of the way... tough old bugger AND they reckoned the cow wasn't even limping.