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Old 16th October 2008 | 21:10
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Loose rivets
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From: Walton on the Naze Essex.
I was going to bow out...bit of a dinosaur now...but the above is very relevant.

So many time I've tried to stop - often quite experienced captains - grabbing at the tiller the second the nose is down. It's an aircraft for heaven's sake. Why try to control it with one or two squitty wheels when still way above the speed where one loses flight control authority?
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