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Old 11th Jan 2009, 21:48
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Ah, yes

Was fortunate enough to be given about an hour's 'play' in the right-hand seat.

I found the DC3 to be responsive without being twitchy and pretty forgiving of minor heavy-handedness. About an hour was long enough to get a reasonable initial seat-of-the-pants feel of the machine.

But, I guess, like any woman, she would give a really demanding, oafish, pilot a very hard time. On my day-in-the-sun she was a real 'lady' to me. (Sorry ladies, chivalry is still alive.)

It took me at least a week to start to lose the grin.

Another thing to cross off my "bucket" list.

Le Vieux
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