Arriving at 3B0 – Southbridge for breakfast at the new diner, I discovered the crosswind was gusting a touch more that I had hoped. Ready to go to my alternate, I managed to get down without making a complete klutz of it and kept the little wheel at the back while VERY slowly taxying in in the gusts. I approached the parking spots in front of the diner—mindful of the peanut gallery.
As the wind continued to gust, I flew her all the way to the tiedown and eased into a spot. As I did, I noticed the words “FLIGHT SCHOOL” across the front of the yellow “T.” Muttering to myself, I eased forward and flew her on the ground carefully around the parking again and into the next slot over which I now saw was labeled “VISITOR.”
As I set the brakes and as I was about to flick the avionics switch off someone on the CTAF clicked:
“Never seen anyone go around in the parking before.”
Graeme Smith
