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Old 6th Oct 2018, 18:44
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ShyTorque

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The CFI heard the mayday and seeing the injured QFI lying close to the wrecked aircraft attempted to land on the deserted beach (which was a recognised forced landing point) so that he could administer first aid. Unfortunately he found the one soft spot of sand for miles and at the end of the landing run he dug in a wheel causing the aircraft to catch its wing tip and it ended up on its back.
But that one was repaired and later given to me to fly; it had my name written on the engine cowling for some years. It flew OK but on the ground it always tended to sit tail low. Although it was rumoured that it could not afterwards be used for aerobatics, there was no such limitation in the F700 during my time. Then someone else crashed it in a field during another forced landing at a summer camp and it was eventually sold for spares.

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