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Old December 3rd 07, 09:33 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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"Kloudy via AviationKB.com" u33403@uwe wrote in news:7c25cff70aaec@uwe:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Wiliams book is worth buying just for his account of how he landed a
Zlin 526 with a broken wing spar that only allowed him to fly inverted!
Absolutely awe inspiring stuff.

Bertie


http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/repeats...ng_failure.htm

JEEEEZUS....Friggin' steel cojones


Yeah, he had very little choice. That's some bit of flying, too. Imagine,
an outside barrel roll, maintainting negative G the whole way and having to
put it down at exactly the moment you ran out of manuever and altitude
simultaneously.
Mindblowing.


Bertie