I'm IMPRESSED!

[siznaudin]

Today I was privileged to have spent time with a truly remarkable (very modest and unassuming) gentleman who has a substantial aero-background; but apart from what would by most be regarded as the "usual" simply amazing exploits, what really got me was his saying, almost in passing as though it was "just another minor experience" that he actually flew THIS self-same aircraft ( http://www.airliners.net/photo/Royal-Flying-Corps/Maurice-Farman-S.11/0559372/L/&sid=f384de64bf164a9b34f2140a9027711bhttp:// ).

 

He flew it at Moorabin "in the 50's", which ties in with this information ( http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/carey.htmlhttp:// ) .... (scroll down about half way).

 

Rigging was simple, he said: the wires were strung, and if a released bird (size of bird not specified) could escape from within, they weren't tensioned sufficiently!