I'm going back to the good old days
07-20-2008, 05:48 PM
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RE: I'm going back to the good old days
Ustik. thanks for the follow up on lomcevak. I had heard it in use while doing aerobatics. Doing a lomcevak in Czech gave you a headache. I like your definition better.
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07-20-2008, 07:46 PM
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I have read that the term was first used to describe a pilot's manuver to a reporter. The reporter asked the pilot's mechanic what he called the tumbling act, and the guy replied that it was a 'Lomcevak.' I have read several loose translations such as a headache, hangover, or very hard drink. I cannot recall the pilot's name who first did it, but I think the word is Czechoslovakian or Russian.
07-21-2008, 01:39 PM
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Arguably not quite reliable, just to be pedantic.
Look at the discussion of this article. The topmost post calls for correct spelling, he's right. Explained is also the meaning; jiggling or shaking is just what you do after knocking back a stiff drink. Maybe...
I have my wisdom from a book written 1975 by British aerobatic ace Neil Williams (who also flew the Moravan Zlins). He states that a lomcovĂ*k is a gyroscopically controlled maneuver and there are five basic types; flown correctly they are slow motion and incredibly gentle. Indeed all goes back to Ladislav BezĂ*k who explained it to Neil.
Seems what today is called a lomcevak is a different maneuver, so anybody may be happy. [8D]
Look at the discussion of this article. The topmost post calls for correct spelling, he's right. Explained is also the meaning; jiggling or shaking is just what you do after knocking back a stiff drink. Maybe...
I have my wisdom from a book written 1975 by British aerobatic ace Neil Williams (who also flew the Moravan Zlins). He states that a lomcovĂ*k is a gyroscopically controlled maneuver and there are five basic types; flown correctly they are slow motion and incredibly gentle. Indeed all goes back to Ladislav BezĂ*k who explained it to Neil.
Seems what today is called a lomcevak is a different maneuver, so anybody may be happy. [8D]
07-24-2008, 03:17 AM
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ORIGINAL: Taurus Flyer
14 in 1963 ?
14 in 1963 ?
Nice to have some of us "seasoned" folk around sometimes.
07-26-2008, 08:59 PM
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RE: I'm going back to the good old days
Way back in '63 I was 6. And in catholic school the nuns could still use the pointer on the knuckles if you really needed it (again and again).
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