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Old 12th Dec 2006, 18:36
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solitaire
 
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Aahhh.. the memories

Good to see the pics of BJ still flying. I flew that beast in Bombay in '85 on contract to the oilfields offshore there. Complicated performance problems caused by having to satisfy the CAA Perf A requirements which meant we had fuel dump fitted (from the centre tank only) and all the de-icing equipment removed to save weight. This made it interesting when the monsoon arrived and the windscreens misted up with no windscreen heat fitted!!
As I recall the aircraft was ferried from a contract in China via Manila, Borneo, Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta.
Happy days
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