Simviation Forum - My Part of the Sky

May 10^th, 2004 at 7:58am

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Here is an excerpt from "My part of the sky", by Roland Beamont

"Reaching Newchurch airfield at 480 mph I held "RB" down to 20 ft from the runway, and then pulled her up to a 60 ° climb holding it as the speed dropped slowly off and the altimeter needle spun round the dial as if it were mad.

At 7000 ft the speed was dropping below 180 mph and I rolled the Tempest lazily inverted, then allowed the nose to drop until the horizon, at first above my head, disappeared below (or rather above) the now inverted nose, the fields and woods steadied into the centre of the windscreen and then whirled around as I put the stick hard over and rolled around the vertical dive.

Steadying again I pulled out over the tree tops at 500 mph, throttled back and pulled hard over towards the airfield in an over-the-vertical climbing turn, lowering the wheels and flaps in a roll as the speed dropped.

What a magnificent aeroplane! They could have all their Spitfires and Mustangs!"

"The Messerschmitt Me 262's most dangerous opponent was the British Hawker Tempest - extremely fast at low altitudes, highly-manoeuvrable and heavily-armed."
(Hubert Lange, Me262 pilot)

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Reply #1 - May 10^th, 2004 at 8:08am

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magnifico

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Reply #2 - May 10^th, 2004 at 8:29am

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Great shots and great flying there Congo Wink

When it comes to sheer horsepower you will be hard pressed to beat the Big T Wink

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - May 10^th, 2004 at 9:12am

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Fantastic

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Reply #4 - May 10^th, 2004 at 9:16am

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Wonderful congo...Wonderful

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2004 at 9:34am

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Ummm, well.....

I actually stacked it twice Embarrassed

This plane seems to respond quite roughly to turbulence at 20 ft and 450kts! Grin

Glad you liked the pics

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Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2004 at 6:02pm

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I always loved that quote from "My part of the Sky", but I think W/C Beamont was writing about this aircraft Wink

Great shots and very nicely done Grin

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Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2004 at 3:08am

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Awsome shots!

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Reply #8 - May 11^th, 2004 at 3:53am

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I always loved that quote from "My part of the Sky", but I think W/C Beamont was writing about this aircraft Wink

AHA!

You HAVE it! Somehow I thought you might Grin

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