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Old 18th May 2004 | 22:41
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From: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Andrews AFB last weekend.

From what I have gleaned from another site, there is a wide ditch alongside the runway (shades of Oshkosh: those of you who have been there will know what I mean) which gives a slightly better clearance than it might appear. So he apparently didn't touch the ar$e of...

The low recovery was unintentional (well, I should hope so!) and he got away with it and flew the following day as well... presumably having raised the act a trifle! Not sure the CAA would have sanctioned that...
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