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Gordon
Nov 06, 2002, 12:15 PM
This is a typical Harold Krier Great Lakes routine which he would demonstrate at an airshow in the 1960s in his 185 Warner-powered Great Lakes Special.

1. Takeoff; 1/2-roll to inverted.
2. 90deg turn away; 270deg rolling circle.
3. Outside cuban eight.
4. Slow roll series: superslow (15-sec), 6pt, 8pt, 8pt back-to-back
5. Chain loop series: round, snaps top & bot, 8pt, square
6. Knife edge flight:
1/2 outside snap knife-edge to knife-edge
1-1/2 snap
1.1/4 to erect
7. Horizontal-8 with 4-pt slow rolls
8. Roller coaster, ie figure "M"
9. Inside & outside snap series: 1 to 2.1/2 snaps
10. Outside loops:
round & square from erect
rolling square loop
11. Spin from erect: 2.1/2 turn, with Immelmann recovery
12. Spin from inverted: 2.1/2 turn - outside Immelmann
13. Falling leaf
14. Inverted ribbon cut
15. 3/4-loop to inverted recovery
16. Inverted traffic pattern
17. Roll erect just before landing

Norm
Nov 07, 2002, 11:23 PM
I'd like to have seen it. I'll bet he did it all low and close in compared to today's routines.

Norm