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August 14, 2007, Nantucket, Mass., Waco Classic Aircraft Corp YMF-5
According to the pilot, with a crosswind at 10-plus knots, I attempted a takeoff on runway 15. After the tailwheel had lifted but before takeoff, a [wind] gust suddenly drove the aircraft towards the right edge of the runway. Rather then incur a ground loop for the amount of correction necessary, I decelerated straight ahead, whereupon I hit what I later found out was a large runway sign off the side of the runway in the grassy area. The pilot added, I should have requested runway 6, which was almost aligned with the wind. Additionally, the pilot reported no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane.
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