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Old 15th Apr 2019, 10:12
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I recall doing a see-in for a singe seat OCU Jag back in 1984, after shutting down the pilot came round the nose and walked down the side of the aircraft. As I was helping the tanker driver get the hose on he suddenly appeared again and said "you may want to leave that just now, I almost shot myself down over the range and it went through the engine door...."

Sure enough, there was a nice little hole through the outer skin of the starboard engine, if it had gone through the inner skin it would have mangled the fuel management system

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