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Old 25th Feb 2008, 15:18
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This might need to go under the heading of Nostalgia but aged parent tells of the time in 1936 when he had a squadron of Swordfish tied down out side and had to call the crews during the night to "fly them " on their tethers as the wind was strong enough to turn the props!. The other squadron had the use of the hangar for its a/c and thought this most amusing until the morning when said hangar was seen to have departed complete with contents into the ogin
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