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centuryseries

July 24th, 2010, 02:54

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10271042

LOL

TeaSea

July 24th, 2010, 04:43

You shouldn't touch the breaks in ANY taildragger when you're rolling.

I don't touch the breaks in my tricycle wheel airplane until I've bled off most of the speed.

Those props are very close to the runway.