arriving on a taxiway....
reminds me of an incident at Austin Executive; a Mooney had engine failure high enough to turn back, only to find the single runway now occupied by a helicopter doing pressups, so he sensibly crashed onto the taxiway, (forgot in all the excitement to put his wheels down). Turns out the helicopter was occupied by somebody from the FAA checking out the heli pilot, he presented himself to the fortunately uninjured couple in the Mooney (I'm from the FAA and I'm here to ......give you a ticket for landing on the taxiway). No kidding.
The unkindest cut of all, word had it, was that the young lady in the right seat of the Mooney was not the wife of the pilot.......
Last edited by mary meagher; 22nd Oct 2009 at 18:43.
Reason: FAA, not CAA!