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Re: I don't think I would...

Posted: 18 Dec 2008, 13:01
by petermcleland
I'm very glad to hear that Jonesey...In real life I tried never to fly a passenger on my display practices even when I was flying a two-seater. It is very hard for the person not flying to tense at the right moment...They are always late and black or grey out early. I only took a passenger once and regretted it. Anyway Jonesey, I think our flight together was quite a good sequence so I'll keep the recording for "Air Day" :flying:

Also in real life when I was flying Sierra Bravo, I got checked out for the back seat and took a friend, Barry Gillingwater, up a few times. He is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and I remember doing a lowish slow roll with him in the front and seeing his head getting pretty close to the canopy (may even have bumped it) :worried:

Re: I don't think I would...

Posted: 19 Dec 2008, 11:29
by petermcleland
Must have been very frightening though :lol:

Reminds me of my first flight ever, in a Tiger Moth...I wasn't really sure that I trusted that little pin that held the four parts of the Sutton Harness together...I was pretty frightened when Thorne, the pilot did a slow roll and suddenly I was hanging clear of my seat in that harness. I think I would have loved to have had a perspex canopy protecting me from all those thousands of feet of clear cold air between me and the ground :worried: