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30/06/2005: "MEANWHILE ANOTHER ULTRALIGHT WAS ABOUT TO CRASH"

A new starter motor was being tested on my ride. Ben lined up a beach below where we might land if the motor failed to re-start, then switched off the engine. Silence. Descending at about five meters per second, I felt we were falling not flying. Brrrrooowwwmmm the motor re-started on cue and we began to lift again. Concerns over nothing? I wonder. we were falling like a rock. Not too good for the spine to land in a seat like that.....military pilots know all about such things when they eject.