The group shots were great! Where did that electric blue sky come from?
Borrowed from somewhere else in the world?
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/25/2012 3:36 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I've been lurking somewhat owing to a hectic life and pressure on it
> from Probate, work and Other Stuff, but it's all beginning to level
> out.
>
> Yesterday was the occasion for a flying competition between my
> squadron and 3 other university air squadrons. The events were
> practice forced landings (PFLs), aerobatics and low-level navigation.
> My squadron didn't win, but they all had a good time. I didn't fly
> at all so had time to take some photos of the youngsters at some
> stage.
>
> In case anyone is interested, the photos at
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/flyulas/DeHavilland2012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCITz3623vZj7Qg&feat=directlink>
>
> Show a student landing on a PFL and trying to make it into a scoring
> part of the runway (he didn't; the wind was very slack and we had not
> managed to practise for that); some long-range aeros shots (up at
> 4,000ft) and some hero/heroine shots of the competitors, both ground
> and air.
>
> The final shot is of a "mess cannon". It's a steel tube fitted to a
> fire extinguisher; the charge is cheap aerosol deodorant (they used
> to use Lynx until they discovered that any aerosol deodorant would
> do), the projectile a frozen can of beer, frozen orange or apple :-)
> Ours was by far the best, making the runway from the hangar, about
> 350yds.
>
> This is only for Bob, you understand. He expressed a wish, a few
> months ago, to see some of our students in their flying suits. I
> didn't know if he meant male or female so I included both, Bob :-)
>
> Chris
>
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