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Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Very quick of you to pick up on that, R... I wasn't going to say anything...
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Ah, remember a few posts ago - "Student of C. Babington-Smith" ?
The mention of Harvards is interesting; Mrs.Notton's now long retired ex-colleague from one of the local and major Ham Radio emporia here (now defunct) did mention the difficulties of some aspects of Harvard flying, inverted as I recall could be very iffy and he said by comparison the BAe Hawk and the earlier Folland Gnat were trustworthy inverted at tail scraping altitudes.
When visiting, I was always intrigued why Sqdn. Ldr. Tiff O'Connor would have a small but excellent picture of a nuclear explosion hanging in the stairway, so I asked.
Try googling "Grapple Z/Halliard 1" or "Valiant XD827".
R.
-Had a wizz in a Robinson Redwing in 1962-