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Old 24th Mar 2007, 17:29
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L J R
 
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A certain lad was invited to do a Dump & Burn at the celebration of a new airport opening a while ago (Alice Springs I seem to recall). He was a little early (or a bit fast - I can't recall), so just prior to his arrival so he elected to use min burner instead of max AB as he approached the overhead. Result, fuel dump (LOTS) and no flame to burn it - bummer. Worse was the fact that whilst flying at 250' along the New Runway the fuel did not vapourise and most of it (a ton or two?) settled onto the new tarmac. Airport manager not impressed. Runway Resurfacing took a while too.
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