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Old 8th Oct 2018, 10:36
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Of course, in exceptional circumstances a strong tailwind could carry a helicopter's downwash forward and under a preceding fixed wing on approach. The fixed wing could descend into the resulting turbulent air pocket and suffer a very hard landing.
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