Thread: Yak close call
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Old December 28th 06, 02:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Dudley Henriques
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Default Yak close call

Twas a squeaker for sure!! :-))
DH


"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
I'd be willing to bet two things on this one with a real good chance of
winning. First, that during the pull through his low apex he didn't
actually
realize how low he was, and secondly, that had he been checking his
peripheral cues at the lower corners of the windshield through the low
apex,
he would have soiled his drawers :-)
I'm glad he made it. You don't get many second chances in the low
altitude
acro business!


He tied the world record for low altitude flight. Not many of us can
make that claim.

-Robert