Manual for Schweitzer 2-32
Back in the 1970's, Les Horvath used to do an airshow routine in one.
The landing pattern was interesting....
Fly downwind right over the runway at 800-1000' AGL, then at some
distance beyond the threshold, he'd open the dive brakes and push over
into a vertical dive, roll 180 and pull out of the dive and complete
the landing.
Pretty cool!
-Tom
Roger that! One day at Estrella (back around 1977, I think) I watched
Les practice his airshow routine. He finished with a reverse half
cuban 8 from the deck to a landing - with his wife in the front seat!
That 2-32 later was crashed - as far as I know the remains are still in
the weeds and creosote bushes next to the hangar at Estrella...
The 2-32 is the one Schweizer that should still be in production, IMHO.
Kirk
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