Thanks, Piers
No I wasn't. Shame on me, but I don't actually go to many air shows now; I
avoid crowds like that if I can. But of course Shuttleworth is different and a
lovely little airfield (and nearby, of course).
I'll have to have a look at the videos later . . .
Yes, not Crane Fly, but Crane.
Chris
On 30 Aug 2011, at 23:59, Piers Hemy wrote:
> You haven't seen a Lysander fly? Were you not at Shuttleworth last summer??
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWwsCI0lgk&feature=related - take-off for
> Duxford
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgrZTz6PiE8&feature=player_detailpage -
> landing at Duxford
>
> And here is a 25-year old clip from BBC2 Timewatch
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsqvgPIgMlQ&feature=related
>
> Best I know the Lysander did have leading edge slats,(see at about 7:24 in
> the BBC2 clip above) and was a Teddy Petter design - he went on to design
> the Canberra and Folland Gnat, similarly "different" (if that concept is
> permissible) aircraft. "Over there" you know the Canberra as the Martin
> B-57.
>
> I don't know about the insect, but German "Storch" is "Crane" - the bird,
> which looks pretty ungainly in flight!
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