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Old 14th Feb 2006, 20:48
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Genghis “I … think that it's an anti-safety decision”, I agree.
Whilst testing an elderly HS125 as a third party ‘expert’, the aircraft demonstrated quite unacceptable stall characteristics. The outcome of which could have been hazardous except for a very knowledgeable FTE who during walk round noted the poor wing leading edge fitment (and filler), with a briefing – ‘watch this one during the stall’. The aircraft had just completed a major overhaul and an approved ‘flight check’; it was fortunate that neither the ‘john’ nor galley were fully serviced.
I support your concerns about commercial aircraft; I will thumb a few log book pages to seek some details.
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