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Old 23rd September 2009 | 08:01
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hatzflyer
 
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From: suffolk
Apart from the usual straps etc......

10 mins into flight with heater on, cockpit suddenly fills up with hornets.

Flying over large built up area in a 150 at 80 degree bank, door pops and foot pump dissapears from behind the seat, just managed to grab the hose part as the main body went out of the door .

Flying 3 axis microlight, instructor unstrapped,put his back against the door and both feet on the stick jamming it in the corner " to see if I panicked".

Passenger in weightshift microlight froze pulling the bar right back and over as he was a 3 axis pilot, holding us in a spiral descent. I had to loosen my strap and lunge backwards with my head ( helmet) into his face to make him let go.

But the all time greatest was my mate who secured two smoke cannisters to the axle of his microlight with masking tape and then taxied through the long wet grass. He had two bits of string tied to the cannister pins to fire them. 15 mins after take off, flying over his house he pulled the string, the cannister came off the axle and dangled on the end of the string. Before he could wind it in ,the pin came out and the cannister burst into life as it sped downwards, straight through his neighbours roof and into the loft, where it made a good firestarter!
The house was severly damaged. ( this was in the local papers at the time).
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