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Old 1st Apr 2020, 07:05
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Dan Winterland
 
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Indeed we did, Dan! It was when we took ZA144 on its last flight to be scrapped. I seem to recall that there was some limitation on the southern taxiway, so a short landing was preferable. Your prompt spoilers, idle then full reverse certainly helped us to stop - whilst I was getting drenched in some water which had gathered in the roof panel or whatever!

A 20 min flight, followed by a slow trip home in an uncomfortable white van along the M4 via Swindon....
Just checked the logbook BEagle. It reminded me that we did that flight on three engines. I seem to recall the engineers robbing one the day before and putting the dud one back in it's place. Three appeared to be enough!
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