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Old 24th Aug 2009, 19:41
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Horatio Leafblower
 
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Bloody Austers

...you might have thought the same about the Auster J5G that we used for the BFR.

It inherited some of the wonderful traits of the Taylorcraft from where it descended from.

They shared the 180 series directional twitchiness particularly with aft loads.
Hundreds of hours in Chippies, C185 and Decathlon... only thing I ever ground looped was a bloody Auster.

In my defence... I was only BFR'ing a chap who had learnt to fly them in the Army in the 1950's (wo should have known better!)
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