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Subject: Re: [OM] Amazing Drone Photo
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:59:08 +0100
Oh dear!  The low level barrel roll has a lot to answer for.  If at all 
possible, don’t be near a show where someone is going for one in their display, 
especially if its a low speed and with the gear down . . .

Chris

On 16 Jul 2014, at 16:09, Paul Laughlin <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It was a record setter, too.  Won the Bleriot Trophy.  And while ferrying the 
> aircraft to Paris for that presentation at the Paris Air Show, they asked for 
> permission to go for a New York to Paris speed record and got it.  They set 
> the record, too.  But then, when the crew that won the Bleriot Trophy took 
> off from Paris, they made a pass in front of the Air Show crowd and, 
> apparently, attempted a victory roll and crashed the aircraft.  There were 
> other  records, too.  And it was something else to look at.  Beautiful.
> That said, it really was a maintenance nightmare.  10 and 12 hour days, 6 and 
> 7 days a week,

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