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Old 22nd Feb 2007, 02:52
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barit1
 
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A friend had assymetric flaps on a Lockheed 10 in the early 50's - He recognized the problem before he ran out of aileron, and retracted them. Landed no-flap (not too big a deal with that plane).

Broken torque tube was the culprit.
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