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Old 17th Sep 2004, 07:02
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It was an airplane that was rather susceptible to windshield failure, and they cost as much as a house in those days

One night over Zagreb my mate had the windshield heat off and the diff down before I had flicked the bits of hot glass off my nether regions. Later, when I complimented him on his smooth performance, he said that he had, "had three that month". And that was with no bogus bolts presumably.

I did read the report a good while ago and I have always wondered weather the emergency decent was carried out at high speed or low speed...we were given the option of using either. I may have missed it as the report was fairly lengthy.
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