He talked about making short field landings in a King Air by going
into reverse pitch while still 50 ft above the dirt.... ARGH!


Known as Beta Mode in a Porter, and was used to drop from the sky at a great
rate of knots when you wanted to get down in a hurry. It has been used for
parachuting and allows the aircraft to get down faster than the jumpers.....

Also good for taxi operations.

I am considering a Storch, www.storch.com.au and have just had a great chat
with the designer about this and a few other things. Looks like I'm about to
take a trip down to see him......

Peter