Pilot : Sir TrollVind  : 98  knotsVtru  : 100 knotsAGL   : 18 ftPos   : Latitude 58.84   Longitude 6.32

Maximum Altitude : 2,100ft AGLMinimum Altitude :   4.74ft AGL Drop Altitude    :    18ft AGL

Comments:
Sir Troll flew a very interesting altitude profile. He started his finals for the LAPES approach 4nm out at just over 70ft AGL. Seems like he did not like the look of the drop zone from that height. He climbed to 100ft AGL, 2nm out. There he started his final descend. This is where the approach profile looks interesting. Sir Troll descend to 5ft AGL(!!) and did not perform the drop! The drop was only done about 30 seconds later at an AGL of 18ft.

Listening to the Tower Control tapes revealed that a certain young lady, often seen in the company of Sir Troll, distracted him for those critical seconds. It is difficult to determine the exact cause of this distraction.. though the tapes do mention something to the effect that the strap!? of a bikini bottom!! got caught in the throttles..

A very red faced Sir Troll refused to comment on this when confronted.

Maximum Speed : 160 knots (indicated)Drop Speed    :  98 knots (indicated)

Comments:
160+ knots indicated was reached 6nm after take off at an altitude of 700ft AGL. Sir Troll then started his climb reaching a cruise altitude of 1,200ft AGL, having exchanged 55 knots from the speed energy bucket for an increase of 500ft in the altitude energy bucket.

As with Sir Vilk's and Sir Hak's graphs, a small drop in indicated speed after the load was dropped, as shown by the downwards spike in the graph just before the 18nm line. Prelimanary analysis seem to indicate the sudden increase in altitude after the drop (with the aircraft suddenly 23,000 pounds lighter) causes this drop in airspeed. Comments on this will be welcome (send to the esp mailing list please).