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Hi Mike, Alan is in Auckland, I am near Matamata a couple of hours drive from central Auckland. I am a member of a model club in Hamilton and we sometimes get visits from Auckland modellers but we have not met yet.
The article was really interesting on the difficulty of landing straight, I am sure it is harder now using runways than in 1940 landing on a grass airfield directly in to wind. My experiences are on landing Chipmunks and Tiger Moths, both a lot more docile.
Colin
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Colin, I'm glad you enjoyed reading about flying the Bf-109. I remember reading all of Winkle Brown's Pilot Notes in Air International for so many years and hanging on every word. Thanks for taking the time to write. I have really enjoyed the dialogue and fellowship here on BM. I've only landed a Harvard, actually a T-6 in Canadian colors and markings when I bought an hour's stick time several years ago. I wanted to get a feel for what it must have been like for my late father when he was going through flight training in 1944 at Randolph Field. I saw what me meant about it being a ground looping beast!
Best wishes,
Mike
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