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Right on the money, Mr Don. Well said! Nothing is absolutely perfect. Please folks, just enjoy the movie. Or give your tickets to Don and I and we'll go again. Spook --- DONALD BOWEN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I disagree with your assessment of FLYBOYS, Alan. > The "slips" and "flaws" you mentioned are > insignificent "nits" IMHO. Same for the > "fake"zepplin! Where on earth would Tony Bill get a > real one ?! Anyway, it looked real enough for me to > thoroughly enjoy the scenes it appeared in. As for > falling out of an airplane in inverted flight, I > personally have hundreds of hours of inverted flight > without hanging in my shoulder straps or seat belts. > No one suggested that the movie fighter pilots were > inverted at less than one G. Ever try a barrel roll? > There are several scenes in the movie where the > pilot of an airplane under close attack from behind, > does a "very strange looking maneuver" which > instantly reverses their positions and places his > airplane behind the enemy, in firing range. It > happens that fighter pilots were practicing this > identical maneuver 50 years after WW I. It is called > a "high g barrel roll" and is essentially > uncoordinated flight throughout. I often, but not > always, entered a spin when performing it/teaching > it. Of course it is a "last ditch maneuver", and a > far better tactic would be to not get into such a > situation. > I wholeheartedly recommend the movie to all Coupers > and respectfully suggest that they sit back and > enjoy it, rather than looking for "flaws". Many of > us see enough of those while shaving each morning. > Don Bowen ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
