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Re: David G Price's Business Problems

Posted by Jeff on Thu Mar 07, 2002 03:31:59 AM

In reply top Re: David G Price's Business Problems posted by jeff on Thu Mar 07, 2002 03:30:02 AM

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: : : : landing one of these things! Like 'crossing railway
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: : : I'd think owners would elect to land on grass only...n
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: : : eing realistic I know this isn't always possible but c
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: : : dering the nature of the beast... What happened to th
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: : Yes, its ground handling does seem to be bad by modern s
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: : o operate them off grass. But wasn't the 109 the highest
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Sorry everyone I have no idea how that happened.
I was going to say that perhaps it was because of the standard and frequency of the grass feilds that they were rarely operated from the surfaces we find more prevalent these days.


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