From KA HARRISON
Mace Schuurmans’s spendid article about Frisbees (‘Flight of the Frisbee’,
28 July) omitted one particular mode of flight. In the early 1970s, we underworked
flying instructors at RAF Little Rissington found that a Frisbee worked
superbly in ground effect across a polished hanger floor. The supporting
air cushion seemed to provide magical qualities with no tendency to flip
over at the end of flight. Solid disc Frisbees were used and it is doubtful
if the modern annular type could work on the ‘hovercraft’ principle.
K. A. Harrison, Harrogate, North Yorks
