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Re: David G Price's Business Problems

Posted by jeff on Thu Mar 07, 2002 03:30:02 AM

In reply top Re: David G Price's Business Problems posted by Ron Henry on Wed Mar 06, 2002 03:03:44 PM

: : : Didn`t Planes of Fame say they`d improved the ground h
: an
: : dl
: : : ing on the 'Pearl Harbour' 109 by changing the stub ax
: le
: : s
: : : or something?
: : : Without getting into another originality argument, it
: so
: : un
: : : ded like a good idea, considering the way people descr
: ib
: : e
: : : landing one of these things! Like 'crossing railway li
: ne
: : s'
: : : wasnt it?
: : :
: : : Ta Ta
: : :
: : : James
: :
: : I'd think owners would elect to land on grass only...now
: b
: : eing realistic I know this isn't always possible but con
: si
: : dering the nature of the beast... What happened to the
: Po
: : F 109 whilst in England? I know it went off the runway o
: r
: : something of that nature. Thanks
: :
: : Jim
:
: Yes, its ground handling does seem to be bad by modern sta
: ndards, and wise people appear to have made the decision t
: o operate them off grass. But wasn't the 109 the highest p
: roduction fighter of all time? If its grd handling had bee
: n so awful *by the standards of the day*, then surely some
: attempt at u/c redesign would have been made? Or did the
: Germans just have so many of them that a high attrition ra
: te was acceptable ?! ;-)
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