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Old 17th June 2009 | 20:47
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Andover drops full flap, puts the legs down, slows to a slow walk. MiG flicks into a stall. MiG never seen again. Urban legend?
hmmmm ... first version I heard of that story was an Me 109 and a Lysander!

Have also heard a rotary version from Cold War days; for which you have to know that a heavy Hind couldn't hover OGE (away from the ground for plank drivers). Hind shadowing border patrolling Gazelle (IGB or Berlin, depending on story), plastic chicken leg keeps slowing down 'til Ivan in 'is 'Ind finds that lift at that speed is quite a lot less than AUM, and he hasn't got the height to fly away and recover ......
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