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Old 28th Mar 2006, 11:22
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GeeRam
 
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Originally Posted by airborne_artist
Any structural engineers care to comment?
I'm one and I will...........
If I worked for the MOD I would have told her to go and herself.

For a start she bought the place in 1984 so it's her fault for not doing her homework as Wokka's were flying out of Odiham years before that date.
Secondly, the onus should be on her to prove it via an engineers report, which wouldn't be an easy thing to do as well as being an expensive undertaking.....
£3,600 for provable damage......hmmmmm.........yeah right.

Instead the MOD just seem to capitulate for an easy life, giving ammo for the ars oles of this world try it on even more.......
And yes, in the hover at 100' or less then maybe you could claim something....but passing overhead at 200' or more......no chance IMHO.
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