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Old 24th Dec 2012, 15:30
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Crash one
 
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Last year at the fly in, speaking to one of the firemen he asked "Any chance of going up?" No problem, let me finish my coffee, " ****! I didn't think you would say that, I've never flown in anything in my life, the wife wants to go to Spain & I'm terrified".
Upshot, he enjoyed every minute, couldn't believe he had actually done it, filmed himself over half of East Fife, tried the controls, asked what would happen if the engine stopped, we did a PFL towards Crail til he could understand we would make it. First time, in a 53 yr old taildragger off a grass strip. The smile said it all.
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