Well, seems Chuck believed the "Farmer's Daughter" story and thought he'd check it out
Chuck was flying "the Brat" from Colorado Springs to Midland when the engine got hot real quick. He made the decision to get it down then, as he was a long way from an airport. He picked out a 30,000 ft. x 100ft. runway ( dirt road) and landed, with power. I flew out and landed at a nearby farmers strip that doesn't show up on the GPS and wouldn't have been a good choice anyway. We went over the plane and there are no leaks and filling up the header tank, it only took a 1 1/2 gals of water, so it didn't run out of coolant. No signs of anything in the exhaust. Looks like a water pump failure. It's being disassembled and brought back to the museum.
Chuck made a great choice and landed without incident and not even a scratch or rock ding!!! Saturday was the opening of Antelope season, and it was fun watching the occasional truck drive by and slam on the brakes when they caught a glimpse of "The Brat" in front of the farmers house. To make matters worse, there was no "Farmers Daughter", not even a sheep. No beer either.
Good Job Chuck
Best possible outcome and cool thinking by Chuck! Unfortunate about no Farmers Daughter but after having spent time in NM, maybe a good thing
Hope to see Chuck and The Brat back up soon.
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