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10th Jun 2018, 18:24

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Cornish Jack

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Sycamore ..." Very casual there Bill...! " Just so!! That is the relaxed nature of ignorance! !

I think that was 1st or 2nd day on shift and the peculiarities of vertical flight were still to be experienced! Still to come were the wisdom of " Don't use the exhaust stub to steady yourself for cabin re-entry" , jump take-off (just) from an up-country wadi, 120 degs in the shade becomes 'Gordon Bennett' Brass Monkey-ish on a 10,000' air test height climb. and when it's 2850/44" to hold a low hover, pulling UP on the practice 'drum' pulls the poor struggling Sycamore DOWN.
"What doesn't kill you etc."

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