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Old 4th Dec 2005, 08:49
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Thomas coupling
 
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Translated into legalise then:

The pilot preferred to land inside the bullring for two reasons; one was that he was picking up VIP's and there was pressure from the company to get the job done in a slick and media perfect way. Two that the pilot purposely elected to ignore the clear area outside of the bullring, preferring instead to land and depart at a site that suited his ego.
The pilot then chose not to calculate his W.A.T. preferring to lick his index finger and position it outside the cabin window in the slipstream, thus obtaining density and wind data.
He then launched outside the safe flight envelope above the WAT in an a/c notorious for LTE, upon which he visited said phenomenon resulting in an unplanned heavy landing left skid low at the main entrance to the bullring [His original planned landing site].

The company are now looking for a suitable local weather report to support their mitigation and blame the environment.
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