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SE5a F904 flight report 1977 @ Shuttleworth
I stumbled across this in the WW1 Aeroplanes N0 68 Mar 1978, pp 8-12.
Attached is a portion of a flight report of a restored SE5A by R J Spiers in early 1977. It provides insights into handling characterstics beyond the normal stats.
If this file is too hard to read, let me know and we can try a direct email. There is also mor to the report, but time and memory sonstratin me to just the most relevant page.
examples of the text:
Climb and Level flight: The first and almost only disconcerting feature of the early stages of flight is provided by the aircraft's small but random directional wanderings, and a tendency for minor lateral disturbances disassociated from these small changes of heading....the mahcine at all speeds above 50mph is remarkably responsive to control inputs, and can be best describbed as agile...
Approach and Landing: The aircraft reveals the SE5A's most outstanind feature, - it's shallow gliding angle....
Flight Journal has published pilot reports on various other WW1 AC. I don't know if they have done the SE5A or a SPAD.
Greg Rydquist
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