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  • September 9, 2010 at 10:11 am in reply to: Lower, lower #1154802
    clivebeatty
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    Thanks Smirky, I’ll buy one of your measuring thingy’s when you get round to it!

    September 9, 2010 at 10:09 am in reply to: Lower, lower #1154806
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    Thanks Creaking Door, my faith has been restored. I have just recruited my wife to measure eye to finger tip, it is 25″ and, after consideration, I have altered my estimate of finger tip span to 9″.

    September 8, 2010 at 6:11 pm in reply to: Lower, lower #1155566
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    Hi Denis, I must be going soft in my old age as whenever I see historic aircraft these days I get quite emotional, especially on such a poignant day. Crazy really, as we all know the Lanc. wasn’t even in production in 1940, it must be the sound of those magnificent Merlins’, Pure magic!:D

    September 8, 2010 at 5:53 pm in reply to: Lower, lower #1155582
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    You know, when I emailed my pilot friend in Brisbane yesterday I said it was between 300-400ft but have been doubting my judgement ever since and have ended up with 500! You could well be right, St.Paul’s Cathedral is 365ft high and I’m sure it wasn’t that much higher than that.

    September 8, 2010 at 5:04 pm in reply to: Lower, lower #1155603
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    I think he was probably at about 500, too high and he would be in direct conflict with Stansted approach traffic which turns over here from a NE direction for a landing on runway 05.

    September 8, 2010 at 4:34 pm in reply to: Lower, lower #1155616
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    OK, I’ll try a different approach. With outstretched arms I pointed my left index finger at the port wingtip and my right index finger at the starboard wingtip of the Lancaster as it was overhead, at that point my index fingertips were 10″ apart, with my height being 6ft my fingertips were 8ft 4″ above the ground.

    I think this paints a clearer picture but I’m not hopeful of anyone on here knowing of a calculation to get a height.

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