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Old 7th Aug 2007, 18:10
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ShyTorque

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If you really have no options left, a better option would be to put in all flap, balloon over whatever it is and accept the consequences later - just don't stall. Ernest K Gann managed to avoid taking out the Taj Mahal this way when he took off in a (unknown to him) massively overloaded aeroplane.
A Beverley, if my memory hasn't totally failed.

No-one mentioned the possibility of intake icing so far, if the weather was like it was here "up north", it was a classic day for it to occur.
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