[jhb] Re: EGNS
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:52:05 +0100
They were on the History Channel last night. Lot's of BoB documentaries
including a superb one on Alex Henshaw.
In amongst this program was some video taken of the King's Cup Air Race at
Ronaldsway. I'd never seen that before..
bones
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 17 September 2007 09:43
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: EGNS
The Luftwaffe isn't on tour at the moment, though.
Gerry Winskill
Peter Dodds wrote:
>>BTW, has anyone else arrived at Lleweni Parc yet?
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>I have sadly abandoned the Tiger at the moment for Farm Stripping as
>the FS models - either Bones's or Warwick Carter's cannot stop quickly
>enough for some of the very short strips (400 metres) when you cannot
>see the runway markers soon enough to be able to line up and make a
>proper controlled approach. I always end up slightly off line and have
>to do a jink at very low height short range which invariably takes me
>over the threshold too high or too fast or both.
>
>Some time ago I found a Westland Lysander, which seems an unlikely
>beast for farm strips, but that was exactly what it was good at in the
>war - dropping agents in at night to fields lit by only a few flares.
>It is a bit of a beast to fly as I'm not yet used to it's considerably
>excess power, and it's unusually high horizon aspect out of the
>cockpit, so my instinctive attitude flying has it climbing all the
>time, and rapidly too! However, it is proving excellent for short field
>work. At 75 knots approach speed, it stops in about 250 metres with
>gentle braking. However, get too slow and although it won't stall, it
>suddenly sinks like a brick without warning.
>
>Peter
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