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Re: First flight

Subject: Re: First flight
From: Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks <nhb@netspace.net.au>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:06:54
Graham,  Congratulations for climbing back on the horse that threw you.  Gutsy
move!  Cheers from all your friends in Melbourne.  Regards, Nigel H-B #423

Graham Singleton wrote:

> Hi group,
> We just finished a very enjoyable PFA Rally at Cranfield. A special
> pleasure is always the people from overseas, many from Europe but several
> from USA and even as far as Australia and New Zealand.
> Thomas Scherer finally made it at about 1830 on Sunday. Too late for the
> show but never too late for some fun. He then flew on to Tatenhill where we
> met him and took him to Derbyshire for an evening of chat about everything.
> His trip to Mongolia sounds exiting but a little scary.
>
> This morning Thomas gave me my first flight (after my March mishap). Glad
> to say I had no misgivings about it at all. IT was encouraging to find that
> the degraded left eye caused no real problem with landing or take off
> perception. (THomas did the flying)
> I failed to explain his apparent lack of speed but no doubt he will
> eventually find something. The only noticeable difference was that the
> Rotax gearbox seems rather noisy compared to most others I have been around.
>
> Graham, glad to be off the ground again
>



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