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Piper Cub "Grace the Ace" - 80 Spins
Searching through my old slide collection I came across one of a J3-65
Cub marked "Grace the Ace" in large titles down the side - tucked away in the back of a Hangar in Lethbridge , Alberta back in 1980. here's the Photo http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1165897/ It had a notice in the Cockpit window saying something about holding a record for 80 Spins. Have searched the web - with no result - for more info . Wish I had photo'd the notice. Does anyone have any more info please ? |
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Last edited by Walt Connelly : November 12th 10 at 12:11 PM. |
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"Grace the Ace" (Page) is deceased. I purchased N309H from her son in 2007. It had been in storage for 25 years. It has been restored and returned to service, currently located in Big Bear CA. There is a log entry that claims a world record 80 turns in a spin, ten loops in 60 seconds and a collision with a Camero. I have photograph of the collision. Don't know how she got it back on the ground without doing more damage than shows on the airframe. But she's good as new now and enjoying a life of leisure as an LSA.
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Grace had two flour sacks affixed to the undersides of the Cub's wingtips at the time of the collision, this was a set up for another stunt: without touching her wheels to the runway, she would wing-tap the flour sacks on the runway, breaking them open on impact for a "smoke effect." She brought the Cub to a landing: balancing (steering and compensating with her ailerons) on its damaged left wheel, which was bent by the collision to be nearly at the center of the Cub's belly--and, when the speed and steadying lift had decreased, the Cub slowly leaned, coming to rest on the sack of flour attached to the underside of the wingtip. How Grace boasted that the flour sack was not broken! Her 80-spin record was set in 1978 in Tucson, AZ. She would increase this record to 82 spins in the early 80's. I flew with this magnificent woman in N309H once, Grace's gift for my birthday. We even did a stunt she called "The Spin Sandwich." I never forgot that day. I happened upon this website "Aviation Banter" just today. I am so happy Grace is remembered. I live in Crestline, but occasionally get out to see friends in Big Bear, so I might just pass by the Big Bear airport when the weather is warm, to see if I can spot N309H. I am happy this aircraft is still in service. My friend Grace The Ace may be gone, but she would be so pleased to know her Cub is still flying! |
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