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Old 9th Jul 2010, 21:52
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Could be something to do with the fact I'm a big guy...........C of G was always well forward when I flew, I was 240 pounds with chute and flying clobber, right on the limit for the club K8. Trimming out was easy, it was always back against the stops........

In fact I think I was half the empty weight of a K8....

I learned to fly at Cosford and I remember being told that somebody had spun in there at low level and landed in some telegraph wires, he got out without a scratch. Somedays you have the angels on your side.
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