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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh[_3_]

"RogerN" fired this volley in news:mJWdnT_T-
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Harry Higgley's book

Yeah, I've got Higgley's line, too. Good stuff.

The 'master modelers' down here who showed up at the DeLand field (back
when I lived there) are Bob Fiorenze and Bob Violet, both of jets fame.
In addition to the big "Jets over DeLand" annual show, the two Bobs would
show up on odd days for prototype testing. We happened to have the
longest paved model runway (in decent repair) in central Florida.

Even those master-modelers with consummate flying skills can have
problems, especially at real airspeeds of 200 knots. I've seen more than
one of those high-dollar jets (once only ducted fan, but some now real
turbines) come down as 'silver rain'.

LLoyd