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Old 23rd Mar 2015, 08:10
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mary meagher
 
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Flying a rented 3 seat Piper (so not exactly a Cub, but sort of looked like one)
with an instructor to check me out in it, on approach in a 20 mph wind to a short runway at the local Annapolis Maryland Airport, a few years back....

Whichever model Cub it was, the speed was stately, to put it mildly. Possible ground speed say 50 mph? Cars on the road below passing us in droves.
And suddenly so did a US Navy trainer, fed up with hanging on the prop behind such slowpokes. Rather rude, I thought, cutting in front of somebody on final without warning!

Anyhow the Navy plane planked it, slammed down on the Annapolis tarmac....and his main wheels collapsed!

Somehow we were not upset to fly elsewhere for a while while they cleared up the runway. Carrier landings indeed!
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