THAT WORST DAY ? (FLYER)
There is a very private grass strip in Essex which is operated under a low profile to avoid any possibility of disturbing the neighbours.
On Sunday 11 March, a red and white YAK-18 landed on this strip without prior permission and totally unanounced.
Had the pilot the courtesy to contact the strip owner prior to departure, he would have been infofmed that, in common with the rest of the country, the surface of the grass strip resembled a paddy-field!
The visitor is bogged down on the strip, and is likely to stay there for some considerable time, causing great inconvenience to the owner from whom the a/c had been hired, and clearly signalling the existence of the strip to all and sundry who drive by. The "low-profile" operation is now a "high profile" operation.
And all because some inconsiderate B******* could not be bothered to make a 10p phone call.
Could this be HIS WORST DAY?