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Old 15th Aug 2017, 22:15
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Rosevidney1
 
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Multiples of 60 kts? Pah! Luxury! When I trained on the Hiller 12B a lifetime ago we were lucky to get it up to 55kts. It didn't take a great deal of wind on the nose to demonstrably slow our stately progress across the countryside. Conversely a chuff wind might enable keeping up with a motor car!
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