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Old 22nd Mar 2004, 19:05
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Art Field
 
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It was often said that if Fred had known we were going to leave his Victors out in the rain then he would have made them waterproof which they certainly were not until the cabin was pressurized. Water would drip all over the side panels and now and again cause short circuits. One switch on the captains side panel was the "ABANDON AIRCRAFT" switch which put lights on in front of the rear crew and depressurized the cabin and at height that would create a lot of noise as the air escaped. When trundling along on a high level navex one day with an OCU crew that circuit did indeed short and it was only by dint of a lot of shouting that I managed to avoid violating the GASO that stated the Victor could only be operated by a five man crew.
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