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Old 4th October 2007 | 22:49
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Rainboe
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Well it's only one little entry, just to say the whole caboodle is completed. But to do the caboodle, you have to do it all from memory. Years ago had big language problems (blame the French) with the pushback crew. He said something and I said I do not understand, please repeat. I had the sudden feeling just hearing a reply from me was enough for him. I released the brakes rapidly just as there was a powerful lurch backwards, like a very hard clutch being released in a car, as they started the push anyway. Doing that sort of thing with the brake on actually collapses the nose leg as the bar attaches low down. Pushbacks are one of the most incident-prone times.
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