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Old 21st Jul 2022, 04:16
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john_tullamarine
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I'd have to take issue with the video.

Cubs are fun, for sure, but Supercubs are betterer fun ... and do just the same sort of max rate cross controlled landings .... I can recall, during my outfielder paddock retrieve checkout, being shown steep turns under the crown of a large tree. Probably stupid (actually, definitely stupid) but, for young chaps with no brains and far too much testosterone, great fun as is the norm for young chaps with no brains and far too much testosterone.

The turning flare to land we used to do off glider launch recoveries in a Callair, many years ago, at a well-known RAAF base. Hopefully the boys don't do them, these days. Callair was fun, too, even if the ailerons were a bit strange (ie useless) at low speed.

However, a nice shot of trailing vortex flow.
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