Alan Cashin

"Alfie has lost a wheel and I cannot understand it as I had the ball in the middle all the way in just as Alan instructed", Alan being the Chief Flying Instructor at the Banana Strip.

"Was Alan with you?"
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Alan, as far as I was able to ascertain had asked ‘Biggles' during the course of this lesson to firstly slow down his approach to a more reasonable speed as 80mph-plus-was neither wise nor acceptable and to land in a straight, no drift, line by having a glance at the ‘ball' and keeping it ‘in the middle' so ensuring a reasonable chance of keeping ‘AT' straight on contact with the runway and minimising the stresses on the undercarriage.

‘Biggles', true to form had I suspect decided that this ‘ball phenomenon' was the true secret of a good landing and with his undoubted ability to concentrate entirely on one feature only, had totally ignored all the other little indicators that should be taken into consideration when close to the ground. ‘Target Fixation' possibly, had again taken over with the result that we were driving along very pleasant leafy lanes, somewhere in the vicinity of Felixstowe, towing a very bent and battered ‘AT'-fuselage only of course.

You'll be in the safe hands of our Chief Flying Instructor (CFI) Alan Cashin.He's a very experienced pilot with a wide experience of many types of aircraft and really knows his stuff!

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