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Pictures of aircraft water-skiing? Genuine or not?
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: ZA
Age: 66
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Try it without an engine.
In my days of flying gliders this was a regular stunt at the club.
There was dam parallel with the runway, some of the guys used to ‘wash’ the wheel on the downwind leg before landing.
Had to be done at high speed (probably around 160 - 180 kph) otherwise you wouldn’t clear the trees at the end of the dam, or complete the turn to land for that matter.
It always surprised me how little speed they lost.
Interestingly, it was done without using the wheel brake – that would have been unwise :- the wheel & air brakes are on the same lever.
There was dam parallel with the runway, some of the guys used to ‘wash’ the wheel on the downwind leg before landing.
Had to be done at high speed (probably around 160 - 180 kph) otherwise you wouldn’t clear the trees at the end of the dam, or complete the turn to land for that matter.
It always surprised me how little speed they lost.
Interestingly, it was done without using the wheel brake – that would have been unwise :- the wheel & air brakes are on the same lever.
