Old
adage about airplanes: "It's not dripping oil...it's
just marking its territory."
When
I get done flying, I taxi back to my hangar, cutting the
mags 25 or so feet from where my hangar is. I coast the rest
of the way, kicking the tail around to point at the hangar
door with the last bit of momentum
Today,
when I climbed out of the airplane, I noticed a whole lot of
oily dots near the center line of the taxiway in front of
the hangar.
My airplane
has a long tube to be able to vent the crankcase breather
without having it smear on the airplane. You can see the
tube sticking down below the axle near the wheel.
All
those oily dots show where I've been shutting down the
airplane after dozens of flights. Lighter ones, too, fading
in the sun and rain.
Grouping's not TOO bad. Gonna have to work on it....
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