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Old November 12th 03, 05:11 PM
ANDREW ROBERT BREEN
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John S. Shinal wrote:
My only time in a 'warbird' was an hour of casual instruction
in a Tiger Moth - not exactly zoom and glamour, but a joy to fly, and
highly aerobatic, but a little weak on the verticals ;-D


Trouble is, I keep remembering Norman Hanson's comments on the
beast. In his book (Carrier Pilot) he said that if a Tiger Moth
were the last flying maching on Earth, he'd rather walk. His
comments outside the written medium were a lot less flattering
to it ;0

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