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Old 20th Jan 2005, 17:40
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NFTC had a very lucky escape with 29 on Rum Punch some years ago

Started with a flying control restriction - did the changeover drills and headed for Nassau. By the time they reached the end of the runway the whole system locked up.

A sequence valve in the cracking strut servodyne thingy in the Aeileron bay had been fitted upside down at birth - amazingly it functioned properly all those years

They even traced the fitter from AVRO at Warton, long since retired, who recalled exactly how he assembled it - upside down!

Great bit of detective work by the BOI and engineers

My crew flew it back from Florida - I remember it well - it was one of the quietest transits I have ever done

That's the only claim to fame I know of regarding 29 - never heard of the ghosty things - strange?
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