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Old 18th May 2008, 18:42
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Lister Noble
 
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Wing drop

Flying in the L4 Cub this morning near the East coast,around 600 ft passing over a friends farm then crossed over a small caravan park with a tarmac surface .
Sunny, 10-15 kt ENE wind but quite bumpy .
Everything as it should be re speed,attitude etc and then a massive wing drop on the port side,at least 45 degrees maybe more.
I immediately corrected with aileron and was OK, but quite a shock.

I am aware of thermals effects over plough,grass,estuary changes but this was something else.

Could this have been a thermal effect on one side of the aircraft?
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