Be very careful with spinning the F51. I've read reports of
pilots doing simulated dog-fights at 10,000 over the
Pacific. One pilot looses sight of the other, looks around
and then sees a splash . I'd sure I had a good parachute.



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| vlado wrote:
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| What airplanes does this (Beggs-Mueller) not work for?
| Thx,
| VL
| Decathlons for Inverted Spins, as I recall. (They
sometimes
| need a little pull on the stick to get them to pop out of
the
| inverted spin.)
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| I'm actually surprised that it works on a T-6. The few
times
| I've spun a Harvard, it seemed to take 1-2turns after full
| opposite rudder and the stick was well forward before it
| stopped. (I'm actually going to waste an absurd amount
| of money going on a couple of trips with Lee in the TF51
| at the end of Nov. If we get as far as spins, I'm curious
to
| hear what he says. I've heard even Bob Hoover wasn't too
| comfortable spinning the P51. I vaguely recall reading
| that he said "some were ok, others not so good"?)
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| Can't wait until end of Nov, rick
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