North Weald Aerofair 2001
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Sorry, I was the one who was an hour late... they don't seem to mind if you sound like you know what your doing.
Show was great... Xavier... 70% of the display is below the stall speed of the aircraft, or so I am informed.
Stuff like that isn't learnt... its divinely given!
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If you fly too close to the ground at too slow speed, the earth will rise up and smite thee.
Sorry, I was the one who was an hour late... they don't seem to mind if you sound like you know what your doing.
Show was great... Xavier... 70% of the display is below the stall speed of the aircraft, or so I am informed.
Stuff like that isn't learnt... its divinely given!
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If you fly too close to the ground at too slow speed, the earth will rise up and smite thee.
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It was a great show wasn't it?
It was great fun to fly in, but I was a little concerned regarding the visual circuit at times... I must admit, I was a little miffed at the C172 that turned inside me when I was on 1/3 mile final - I watched him/her make a very early base turn even though it was clear from thr RT transmissions that he was actually number 3 in traffic! And was even more astonished that they continued on a converging course with me until I had to take avoiding action at only a few hundred feet... not much fun in a 152 I can tell you. The question in my mind is: Surely they could not be keeping such a poor look out that they didn't see me on final with all of my flaps dangling!!!
The moral of this story need not be mentioned.
Oh yes, and while I'm feeling a little riteous, I couldn't help noticing that at least 10 pilots who's aircraft were parked next to mine did no walk around of their aircraft what so ever before departing at the end of the show. Scary.
Nish.
It was great fun to fly in, but I was a little concerned regarding the visual circuit at times... I must admit, I was a little miffed at the C172 that turned inside me when I was on 1/3 mile final - I watched him/her make a very early base turn even though it was clear from thr RT transmissions that he was actually number 3 in traffic! And was even more astonished that they continued on a converging course with me until I had to take avoiding action at only a few hundred feet... not much fun in a 152 I can tell you. The question in my mind is: Surely they could not be keeping such a poor look out that they didn't see me on final with all of my flaps dangling!!!
The moral of this story need not be mentioned.
Oh yes, and while I'm feeling a little riteous, I couldn't help noticing that at least 10 pilots who's aircraft were parked next to mine did no walk around of their aircraft what so ever before departing at the end of the show. Scary.
Nish.
