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Old 4th Dec 2009, 07:39
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remoak
 
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Oh grow up Slackie, I haven't made any allegations other than that the guy screwed up the landing, which is self-evidently true. None of the questions you ask are in the slightest bit relevant, because at the end of the day, in ANY aircraft, if you find yourself in a bad situation during landing, you GO AROUND and try again.

The thing that stops you going around is generally either ego or ignorance, take your pick.

The fact that this guy has now done this twice in a year is very revealing.

As it happens, I have spent a short time in a two-seater in the UK (not long before the new owner flew it into trees on approach), and I can tell you that there are plenty of taildraggers more demanding than a Spitfire. That is both from what the pilot told me, and what I observed.

I just love the way you automatically try to paint anyone who dares to call a spade a spade, envious. But then that is pretty much typical of this section of PPRuNe...
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