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Old 19th May 2003 | 04:56
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I've spent the past 10 years trying to work out how a pilot (believed to be 'an instructor'), in a 150hp Super Cub (almost the world's best STOL aeroplane), managed to leave the aircraft in rather a mess in the upwind hedge????
That deserves some kind of aviation achievement award. A little under gross, with a little wind down the runway, a 150Hp Super Cub is off in under 50 yards.

Interestingly, even though (perhaps because) it is such a benign low speed aircraft, many cub pilots die by stall / spin accidents. The chapter by Leighton Collins at the end of 'Stick and Rudder' gives a brilliant and chilling explanation of how such events come about. It should be compulsory reading and has certainly scared me off steep turns at low level (not that I needed much scaring).

David
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