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Old 16th Jun 2007, 17:49
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slim40
 
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A 500 in a beer garden! Tables, chairs, parasols, and punters getting blown into the car park by your downwash- awesome!
I know what you mean though, I also fly (well did until I sold it a couple of months ago) a flexwing microlight, and that caused quite a bit of interest when 2 of us landed at a pub (Sportsman) in the Peak District last summer. They'll be blown away by a 500, but for now I'll go back in the R22 and see how that registers on the 'wowometer'. The landlord, Mike, is into aircraft so he clears the adjacent playing field of people when he sees us in the circuit!
My wife likes the 500 too, she sat in the back when I went up with Bill at BHH last year. Took her up on my first SFH flight today in the R22, and one of her first comments when we were in the air was, 'It's not the 500 is it.' Uh oh, another justification for emptying the bank!

cheers
Si
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