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Booked a flight in the one at Ingham air show years ago.  All in a seated but pilots unable to start her.  A mate on board tried to help them as he did some time years prior on them. Was a no go so got off.  Heard later about a flight it did from Caboolture and only just got back to air strip. Have since deceived to give the experience a miss. 

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Have a look at the grass near where the photographer is standing. Do I detect the indications of a tailwind? 

 

Begs the question of why they didn't use the road.

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The climb rate is pretty poor, so I can only surmise they were very heavy, or power was down, or there was a tailwind. Whatever the combination, overall it's a poorly-planned and poorly-handled takeoff.

 

The aircraft was built in 1981, so it would no doubt have plenty of hours up. It's powered with a Shvetsov ASh-62, the Russian version of the Wright Cyclone R-1820, and who knows what the maintenance level was like on it.

 

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20230708-0

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shvetsov_ASh-62

 

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