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Old 4th Mar 2011, 09:34
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That is the very one,as John Jordan repainted it.It had a full beige leather interior and combing,which was very grand and a la 30s,and still lacked any kind of elevator trim,which meant at over 2000rpm a lot of stick force was required for level flight!!The other oddity was it had Auster Brakes,which were Heel operated as I remember,and you had to be careful,as the aeroplane was very close coupled and could jump about on landing,which you had to allow it to do,and not over control it.There was a lot of fun watching a Fast Jet Pilot,who knew it all,making a complete pigs ear of trying to land,without bothering to listen to a brief first on the knife edge approach required!!!Happy days.
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