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24th August 2004 | 09:56

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Sailor Vee

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From: Out of the sand pit, carving a path through our jungle.

411A,

The old HS748 had internal gust locks, the Dan Air that speared in at Sumburgh was a result of the elevator lock vibrating back to the locked position during the take-off roll, ended up going into the rocks of the breakwater off 09 threshold.