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From: phil@isieng.UUCP (Phil Gustafson)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: spoilers/airbrakes
Message-ID: <205@isieng.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 21:09:04 EST
Article-I.D.: isieng.205
Posted: Mon Jan 27 21:09:04 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jan-86 04:34:41 EST
References: <5@petrus.UUCP> <4872@alice.UUCP>
Reply-To: phil@isieng.UUCP (Phil Gustafson)
Organization: Integrated Solutions, San Jose, CA
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Keywords: old_planes, spoiling_good_fun

In article <4872@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>
>You can now buy a Mooney with speed brakes installed at the factory.

The WWII Taylorcraft spotter plane (I forget the military designation)
had two neat features:  an aft seat that turned backwards, allowing
the spotter to spot through a big greenhouse window; and spoilers.

Between the spoilers and frowrd slip, the sucker could land anywhere.

The aircraft can be certified for civilian use only if both these
features are disabled.

	phil