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From: scott@opus.UUCP (Scott Wiesner)
Newsgroups: net.rec
Subject: Re: How low do you fly?
Message-ID: <967@opus.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 15:41:00 EST
Article-I.D.: opus.967
Posted: Tue Dec  4 15:41:00 1984
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Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO
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> Well, I once saw an inverted airplane use its stabilizer to
> pick a ribbon off two 10-foot poles held alongside the runway,
> and then climb, roll upright, and land with the ribbon its tail.
> 
> This was a real airplane with the pilot inside, not a model.

I've seen two real planes do this as well.  One was Art Schoel's chipmunk,
and the other was a Waco Bipe that had a long wire (at least 10 feet long)
that he grabbed the wire with.  To make up for the wimpyness of using the
wire, he came in and brought the plane to a stop, engine at about 1/4
throttle, and tail still raised!  Brakes kept the plane balanced!  That was
impressive.

The great planes ad is even more wild than I thought.  It turns out the
Cap 21 is flying BETWEEN two streamers.  One looks to be about 3-4' off 
the ground, and the other at about 1' off.  It appears to be a fast inverted
pass, because the plane is NOT dragging the tail as it would if it were
going slowly.  

Al, you must have been there.  Is this really what was happening?  (and 
why don't you answer my mail?)
-- 

Scott Wiesner
{allegra, ucbvax, cornell}!nbires!scott