Luton to Bow Brickhill and back via Chalton, Toddington, Milton Bryan, Woburn and Woburn Sands. Sunny, very windy and a bit wet in places! The camera recorded mostly wind noise, so let's listen to Doc Watson as we go.
At about 4:10 I am passing Bow Brickhill church, where the cockpit of VW120, a de Havilland 108 'Swallow', fell after breaking up in a trans-sonic dive test in February 1950. All three DH108s crashed, the first one killing Geoffrey de Havilland. VW120 was the first British aircraft to break the sound barrier.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klPs0_0a_uQ
Another go at this Blind Blake rag on my new guitar. Arrangement strongly influenced by the clip below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj9PnFXjeGQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZMfnDHEDCQ
The Flight Director. For a good description of the real-world AP-106 autopilot, check the following link. (Note: this is an extract from the manual for a Beech C-12, but all the autopilot description is relevant.)
http://aviationandaccessories.tpub.com/TM-1-1510-218-10/css/TM-1-1510-218-10_267.htm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtixjgs6d4c
An aerial tour of Hollywood in the Rutan Long-EZ.
Erratum: The Long-EZ shares an engine with the Cessna 152, not the 150. (The 150 had a Continental O-200, like the VariEze.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcrF4nYhxvM