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Old 22nd Jun 2004, 19:48
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Since we're telling stories out of school, Beags, let me tell you about same Sir's Hunter T7A sortie out across the sea to Deutchland one weekend. Boring transit so he passed the time fiddling with the safety catch and bomb button which he duly pressed - the aircraft gave a little lurch. "I say", he exclaimed to his fellow pilot, "When I pressed my bomb button, it affected the trim - try yours". His FP did but no effect. Had they been carrying 4 tanks it would have done but by the second press the only pair had departed into the North sea.

Got an interview with the C in C for that if I remember correctly - probably how he got his name known! However, to be fair (more commonly known as justice which has no expiry date), the pilots notes did say that all armament circuits had been made safe in the T7A.
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