Bertie

I'm going to the "Wings over Houston" Air Show at Ellington this week
end. Besides getting some cockpit time in the P-40 and P-51, I'll talk
to some of the current Heavy Iron drivers, with birds on display,
about what the trim is on the birds newer than I flew. From past shows
expect to see at least the F-15, F-16, F-117 and also Navy jets, Blue
Angels, etc. Probably some Chinese Migs that were kept at Ellington.

Its 62 years since I flew the P-40 and 58 years since I flew the P-51
so need the cockpit time to refresh where all the controls, etc.,
were/are )

Big John
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:47:28 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Big John wrote in
:

Help

I flew a 'Top Hat' four way trim switch for thousands of hours and

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Switches like that are illegal now. You have to have passive fail
systems on trims and autopilots nowadays.

Bertie