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Old 21st Nov 2013, 19:49
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Savoia
 
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Ciao Denissimo!

Ah yes I can see it now. The Maestro putting the WG30 through its paces (say, at Farnborough) in a series of deftly handled glissades, pirouettes and wingovers; followed by an arresting nose-high quickstop leading to the disembarkation of a trio of 'Denissimo's Angels' clad in form-fitting jumpsuits holding silver salvers above their heads as the Maestro re-enacts Charles Kaman's hovering landing (see below).


Charles Kaman test flies the K190 prototype and achieves a hovering touchdown onto three plywood squares held in place by Mrs Robbie Kaman (left) Ann Griffin (right), and one other in 1948

Of course Alan Bristow would come up to you afterwards saying "That's all very well, but how many people can you fly out to a rig eighty miles offshore with all their gear and with what sort of fuel and power reserves?"

Ahh .. what could have been !!



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