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Old 12th Jun 2006, 23:37
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Mike Cross
 
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We were No 2 to him on final. He was going for the hard and we were for the grass in the Luscombe. Had a birds-eye view as it unfolded.

Looked like he just got it on to the runway and then the into-wind wing was lifted by a gust. He veered off the runway to the left in a gentle curve that tightened up as he came to a halt facing the wrong way. Canopy opened immediately and both were climbing out as we passed overhead.

Someone who saw it from the ground said the wing lifted pretty high (not obvious from the air).

I suspect it was one of those unfortunate cases where the fates conspire against you and the gust comes in that critical fraction of a second when you are about to touch.

Mike
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