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Old 27th Nov 2007, 18:31
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Alfred R
 
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Desperate Wannabe . . . .

Flies a Baron through a fence at Tiffindales!

COST TO SABIAN AIR R380 000-00.

18 months later, lands a certain sabian Air Queen Air at Mkuze. Nose wheel calpases. He claims it to be an "electrcal failure" and "fault with the manual gear extention system"

Engineers report:

* Its hepls if you switch the generator on during flight.
* When lowering the gear manually, pump the gear to the full locked position.
* Gear was three cycles away from the full locked position hence, nose wheel collapsed

Cost to Sabian Air R1 500 000-00!
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