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Old 26th January 2003 | 06:37
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Chimbu chuckles

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I cast my mind back to the (approx) 3500 takeoffs a year for 8 years of bushflying I did and wonder how I managed to succeed > 26000 times when SS said I should have aborted.

I cast my mind back to those many occassions when I trundled off the end of very short runways perched on cliffs at something in the vicinity of 5+Kts under flying speed and converted suddenly available altitude into much needed IAS

My rule of thumb, which served me well through quite some considerable amount of trial, was 'when in doubt go all the way to the end of the cut grass and then aim one inch higher than the highest thing in front of you'.

I destinctly remember a peer deciding that he wasn't going to get airborne by the end of the strip, aborting, and putting a perfectly good Islander into a rocky creek. When asked how fast he was going at the instant of his decision to abort he answered "39kts"...for the uninitiated an Islander will fly at 39kts, ya just gotta be motivated

SS my way meant there was a small chance I'd crash...I never did...your way (and my peers) gauranteed a crash.

SS I very much doubt Newton himself would be so arrogant as you appear to be...In fact I rather think his intellect would be greatly stimulated by flight but he would be far to astute to try and make the claims you are for his science.

Chuck.
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