The pleasures of grass
My mate flew a 172 into Fenland recently...they told
him that the field wasn't too bad - just a little damp.
He landed in a huge water splash and once he slowed
down promptly bogged in and had to be pulled out by
land-rover.
When he got the crate back home, the chief engineer
refused to service it because 'he'd never seen a plane
so dirty' and the plane had to be cleaned off with
a jetwash.
-- Andrew