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Old 15th January 2001 | 04:45
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A nice 500D in the bowles of the South Island, NZ. Pilot jumps out & his Swandri pocket got caught on throttle & wound her back up to flight rpm & away she goes, fully remote control only no one had the remote. Ended up in a lake thrashing itself to bits. Incedentily, this same machine had come through the deer venison/live capture relativly unscathed. Same machine is undergoing major refurb at the moment. Watch those open zippers eh!