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Old 04-23-2011, 02:58 PM
Lixma Lixma is offline
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Originally Posted by Pist-N-Broke View Post
However I remember reading about Pappy Boyington (Baa Baa Black Sheep VMF-214 fame) flying Corsairs in the pacific, and getting the A/C so finely trimmed and using rigged up rubber bands and string on the joystick so that it nearly flew like it was on an autopilot, so a pilot could catch a nap on long flights. And if the sleeping pilot started to drift off course his wingman would give him a wake up call over the radio.
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