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Old 23rd Mar 2004, 18:19
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Then there was the Victor crew on the 22 West Borex. Fly out into the Atlantic as far as 22 west, switch on ALL the jammers and hope no one noticed.

On this particular trip all the crew swapped places, the Captain was not up front. The plotter was in one of the bang seats, live but not strapped, and another crew member was in the other. It could have been the co as co's are like what happened next.

Plotter asked "Whats that black and yellow handle" Don't know, came the reply, "pull it and find out"

Now the good news. It didn't work as advertised. The canopy refused to jettison. Now the bad news, it did depressurise.

At the subsequent courts martial they got the plotter, the captain, and the groundcrew. Guilty as charged milud.
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