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Old 5th Mar 2024, 16:04
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The Nr Fairy
 
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Did a trial lesson with a gent whose day job was digging ditches in JCBs. He very quickly had all three controls for most of the 30 minute trial lesson, and had a half decent stab at a hover.

But if someone spends all day looking outside of their work environment and manipulating a remote bucket, I suppose it was to be expected.

Even so, I always had my hands and feet very close to the controls, and even with this chap,
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