Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C

On 19/08/2026 20:59, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:04:06 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:34:16 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-08-19, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:22:04 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Speaking as a jump pilot as well as a jumper... have you _seen_
>>>>> some of those airplanes?
>>>>
>>>> I understand a lot of them are purpose-built, by a company based in
>>>> the same 🇳🇿 city where I live.
>>>
>>> It's not a very big market. But a good old Cessna 182 fills the bill
>>> for small loads. For larger loads jumpers will eagerly go in anything
>>> that you can take the door off of or open in flight. The Pilatus Porter
>>> is popular, as is the King Air or Twin Otter for larger loads. Not to
>>> mention the venerable antiques like the Beech 18 or DC-3.
>>
>> I think this <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAC_P-750_XSTOL> is the one
>> I’m thinking of.
> 
> Yeah, that's the one that fell down and went boom in June.  It isn't the
> first time that model forgot how to fly.  Apparently popular in North
> Korea.

Pilot took it off and stalled it, Maybe 11 skydivers with full packs was 
outside its weight and balance limits.

I've crashed more than one model plane that was unflyable with a too 
rearward CofG


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