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Old 26th Sep 2020, 07:54
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Big Eric
 
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Baloo51 & 52 flew a mission from Fairford yesterday over Europe and it was planned for them to return directly to Minot AFB after being topped up by tankers from Mildenhall. The tankers couldn't take off due to the wind being out of limits at Mildenhall so they had to burn off fuel for 2 hours near Gloucester at 10,000' to get under the maximum landing weight, during that time Baloo52 had a warning light come on to say that a hatch door wasn't shut properly. Both landed safely.
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