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Old 7th Jun 2021, 15:47
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DogTailRed2
 
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
Blimey - did he get it down again?

Friend I flew with a lot was taught in Arizona. His control checks were full and free several times and visually checking the surfaces moved in the correct sense. I can't believe any instructor would not teach that...



I think an RAF Hawk was lost twenty or thirty years ago with mis-rigged ailerons.
This is probably the incident I was thinking of.
https://apnews.com/article/8e0bc96b1...e4e62544629a92

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