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Old 13th September 2003 | 00:13
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big.al
 
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From: N.E. Derbyshire, UK
Topcat450 - dead right about 36 at Netherthorpe. Just about impossible in a C150 without a stiff headwind with two up unless the fuel tanks are very low! Not to mention the wooded area on the climbout making things interestingly bumpy.

Even more challenging (my opinion) is landing on the reverse runway. Dumping it down quickly onto 18 after clearing the trees certainly makes it interesting - and very important to land 'on the numbers'.

I remember an instructor taking me up from runway 18 with no flap set at takeoff, just to prove that the aircraft would 'only just clear the hedge'. He was right... we did.... just.....
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