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Re: Problems facing warbirds movement
Posted by Olivier Lacombe on Wed Oct 22, 2003 12:00:11 PM
In reply top Re: Problems facing warbirds movement posted by John Beyl on Wed Oct 22, 2003 09:50:35 AM
Excellent point John!
In our group, we try to fly as professional as we can. We do very little airbatics, and when we do we do it above 5 000', to have room to deal with an emergency, wether a benign or a critical one.
When I take-off, I climb as fast as I can, but in the summer, I sometime have to lower the nose to accelerate until I go fast enough to be able to have a climb rate worthy of that name.
I just got a parachute overhauled for me, and I'm looking forward to buy a helmet and boots for when I go flying. We often do formations, but it's always loose (20-30 feet between the aircrafts) and we have a good procedure for landing as such.
I won't name anyone, but I know a guy who acts like you say (testoterone wise). The worst part is that he doesn't own an aircraft and does so with one belonging to a friend. I cannot say that I'm comfortable with the way he flies, but I do reckon he's a very good pilot, he flies Challengers.
Oh well. We'll continue to be careful with our trainers!
Cheers,
Olivier