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Old 7th Feb 2017, 12:29
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As I implied earlier, maybe the way to show these aircraft is a resticted manoeuvre display. - or static.

I can nod sagely at all the plans for increasing currency/recency for more advanced demos, but for a hunter that would be start, taxi t/o, climb to 5000ft invert for loose article, 5 min aeros at 150 lb/min, cct land taxi back - 1500lb of motion lotion plus airfield fees. I guess too dear for 3 times a week practice, too demanding of service time

Shuttleworth seem to manage without combat ready Fokker Triplane pilots.

Can somebody confirm the Shoreham accident (yes, I talk about it) was the first manoeuvre? So off a controlled run-in, plenty of speed, presumably cool and collected pilot, a pull-up resulted in a crash?

...not sure you can practise for that.
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