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Old 13th August 2007 | 11:57
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BattlerBritain
 
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Great programme. Could have done with more Merlin sound as well.
I had to laugh when they showed the 'new' pilot trying to land the Hurricane. He bounced it a bit on the runway and his 'instructor' was shown talking to him from the Tower. I almost expected him to say "You can teach monkeys to fly better than that!"
I was worried that the newbie would bend the prop. He did seem to be tail high coming down and the spinner looked a bit close to the asphalt.
I had the priviledge to attend a Royal Aeronautical Society lecture at Boscombe given by Charlie Brown on flying Spits, Hurris and 109s etc. Charlie said that landing old warbirds was a 'bit tricky', especially on concrete. Ideally they do need to land on grass to allow the main wheels to skid or else they have a tendency to ground loop. Locking the tail wheel is also mandatory, especially on the 109.
Look forward to the repeat.
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