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Originally Posted by Zeke View Post
He's good but I bet scraping the wing tip was unintended and risky. Certainly didn't do the aircraft any good.
He did it multiple times so probably part of hte act.

One of the German pilots from WW1 used to pick up a handkerchief from the ground with his plane's wingtip as part of a barnstorming show after the war.
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