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Old 31st Jul 2004, 23:16
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Wino
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When you see the films of the airplanes dragging tails during testing you are most assuredly not looking at a stock aircraft.

They put a large wooden slipper over the contact area, hence the no sparks, the wood is ground away...

Banging the tail is not a nice safe event and results in serious damage to a stock aircraft..

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