Wish I knew just how many airplane reviews I’ve read over the years? Is it me or do they ALL sound the same?

I bet as a group we could write a review for a factious airplane, using the typical review phrases, which would be a sarcastically close match to what we read in the mags month after month.

I’ll start:

In my opinion the full scale XYZ plane is a beautiful plane. So when master designer and top competition pilot Joe Schmoe designed a 10% XYZ for ARF’s-R-Us I couldn’t wait to review this airplane. The full scale XYZ was originally built in Germany by the Gesundheit Company in 1957 ½ . The first XYZ’s were powered with a 150hp Briggs & Stratton engine. No less than five men pulling on a rope performed the starting of the XYZ. If the engine didn’t start on the first try the rope was rewound on the starter pulley and pulled again. Later XYZ’s came equipped with a crank that wound a spring and with the touch of a button released the spring to turn the engine. The flight capabilities were astounding, in fact the aircraft performed the earliest display of what is know today as 3D aerobatics. Unfortunately none of the pilots survived to explain the fantastic maneuvers they discoverd. Not many original XYZ’s exist today, its wild aerobatic capabilities made it popularity with US military for target practice in the late 60’s.

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