William Hung wrote in news:c078e9d0-9b6c-44d1-8de9-
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On Feb 10, 10:46*pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Don't know if you saw this one as well.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A2BPcurREpo&feature=related

Bertie

I've been to the show, The Flying Circus, several years ago Bertie,
Bealton, VA. Thanks for the link, brings back memories.


Ah, so you've seen this behaviour before!

There was a guy on the west coast who used to do a routine in a Champ. THe
airplane looked like a wreck and him and a bunch of other "bums" would
assemble it as the airshow went on fighting with each other and parts
falling off. It had rags glued to the trailing edges and li'l Abner type
patches sewn all over it. The guy would take off and the right aileron
would come off just after takeoff. He'd then proceed to do everything the
Champ was capable of with the one aileron missing. I think he had the
ignition rigged to cause a backfire every now and then as well.. Most of
the act was designed to make it look as the the airplane was out of control
and about to crash at any moment...


Bertie