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Old 24th September 2007 | 16:09
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ShyTorque

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From: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
In the early 1980s we watched a C130 make a number of fast runs down the Belize Airport Camp runway, three engines running, one not - while they tried to do a windmill start.

It didn't work. Strange thing was, the crew didn't notice it was U/S with prop feathered when they finally took off on three engines - until they had got almost all the way to Nassau, a far nicer place to wait for a new engine.

It's only rumour, of course. Especially as the AOC was on board.
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