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Old 21st Feb 2016, 13:59
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chevvron
 
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Probably; piece of p1ss for an Islander. The 'old' Lerwick (Shetlands) strip was a similar length and had a stone barn at the end; Loganair had a special 'mod' approved which gave them (I think) 15 deg extra flap for PT flights.
We lined up on 19, the holding point being conspicuous as it was a huge patch of stinging nettles. Peter (the pilot) lowered full flap, then tripped the circuit breaker which gave him the extra flap, then it was full throttle against the brakes, yoke hard back, release brakes and it rotated after about 50yd, then check forward and climb away retracting the flaps slowly. Mind you we only had 2 passengers on board going to Unst so it was hardly overloaded.
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