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Old 12th October 2018 | 22:36
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From: Falling off the end of the thread
Thetford Range 1973(?) , XW219 holds the flare too long and it sinks with the result that the tail rotor hits the ground, then breaks up leading to an untidy crash and a couple of squaddies are injured.

Within a month all the aircraft had a skid.
It didn't stop a certain Wing Commander snapping the front skid mounting off then trying to blame the ground crew for missing it on the turn round, and if I remember correctly then sending a landrover out to scour the airfield looking for the lack of a tell tale impact point, thus proving it wasn't him, but a previous crew. Same chap that climbed out of the Wessex he laid down on its side outside 72 Sqn, rumour control was that he used the co pilot as a step while extracting himself..
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