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Old 9th Feb 2018, 10:47
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Centaurus
 
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You certainly do need to be careful.
I'll go along with that. Back in another era I was involved in the annual RAAF Battle of Britain Display where various RAAF squadrons sent one or more of their aircraft to fly the flag over country towns around Australia.

In my case No 10 Squadron at Townsville flew its Lincolns, Wirraway and a Dakota in the display. I was supposed to demo a short field landing in a Long Nose Lincoln in front of spectators at Garbutt Airfield (Townsville).
On the day I decided (much to my later chagrin) to knock off a few knots below the normal landing speed in order to plant it on the threshold.
The old Lincoln fell out of the sky from 50 feet and being a tail wheel type, it bounced so high I had to go-around.

The noise of four Rolls Royce Merlins clawing for the sky at max power bought more cheers from the crowd than a smooth three-pointer would have done. They thought it was part of the act..
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