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Old 24th Aug 2013, 20:48
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BEagle
 
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Many years ago a Spam exchange officer, who was something of an amiable redneck yee-hah cowboy (but a super chap), decided to try a 'curry' for the first time. When asked what he would like, he replied that he was from Texas, so was used to the hottest chilli-con-carne, so "Gimme the hottest ya got!" was his request.

He was duly served with a very mean Beef Phaal turbo-nutter GTi. When he'd recovered from the shock of his first mouthful of this beef-flavoured volcanic lava flow, he asked whether many other people had asked for it.

"Oh, yes indeed sir. But not many try it twice!"

Which brings me to the point about looping the Bucc. We were told not to - even though a nose-high roll off the top could lead to roll-yaw divergence, that was as nothing compared with the runaway train feeling due to the limited pitch authority available in the steady / steady-low ADD tone during the second half of a loop as the earth loomed large in the windscreen and anxious comments came from the rear seat....or so I'm told.

Some tried it, but not many tried it twice.

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