A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

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A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:02 pm

"If you think landing a Pitts is hard, upright, try it inverted...apparantly the view of the runway is actually better"... ;D....!

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(Photo by Peter R March).

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Has anyone come across this unusual aeroplane...?

Cheers all... ;D...!

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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Craig. » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:04 pm

now that, is cool:)
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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Hagar » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:10 pm

LOL ;D I've seen this in photos before but never in the flesh. Not sure it was the same aircraft or even a Pitts. Some of the guys at R/C model air displays also get up to these sort of tricks. Great fun. ;)
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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Fly2e » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:12 pm

That is wild!!  :o

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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby RichieB16 » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:18 pm

I'll bet it would be a challenge getting back inside that thing if it was upside-down.   ;)
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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Saitek » Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:19 pm

Hey I never thought Ozzy could do it! ::) :o :o
Now thats really serious. ::)

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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby Rifleman » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:06 pm

Saw that very plane doing its thing many yrs ago at Trenton Ont, at their annual Canadian Forces Base Airshow...........pilot landed inverted and left the aircraft.........he had a winch attached to his harness and after a suitable time to wave to the crowd, re-entered and then took off once again to perform the end of his routine,.........landed upright as the finale........
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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:58 am

Now that is v.sensible ;D
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Re: A highly versatile tail-dragger...!

Postby chomp_rock » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:38 am

Can take off upside-down in that thing? that would be quite a sight!
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