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01-25-2011, 01:23 PM

#31

wardamneagle

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Twin Wasp

There was someone on the airshow circuit a few years ago landing a cub on a platform built on the top of a van.

I think that Greg Koontz did this as part of his show for a while.

01-25-2011, 03:46 PM

#32

Ftrooppilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

Make that 105 kts Ftroop! With a 396 kt groundspeed.

Razor: Were you Mach Tuck characteristics the same as ours ?
(Disregard yellow hilights from forty plus years ago>)

02-02-2011, 01:24 PM

#33

citation35hf

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315 knots, Columbia 400.

02-06-2011, 05:39 PM

#34

jrutt

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I had a CASA going backward @ about 40kts over lakewales florida once. dropping skydivers. on jump run i had them spacing 50 seconds between groups. you could watch them fall almost strait down after they exited

02-07-2011, 07:22 PM

#35

Senior Skipper

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What's that to the left of the ASI? Is it AoA?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razor

Make that 105 kts Ftroop! With a 396 kt groundspeed.

02-12-2011, 12:33 PM

#36

Jay5150

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Not bad for 180 butts in the seats:

03-30-2011, 09:40 PM

#37

Billy Pilgrim

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Grumble

Personal best is >1000 Kts GS. Was too busy to take a picture.

That's solid, we had a patch for that, but it was 1000 knots true - no cheating / penalization for wind. ~1.7M if I remember right, which is about as fast as a shotgun shoots.