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Old 28th Jun 2008, 14:38
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Storminnorm
 
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The NBO shuffle

We had the misfortune to hit one of the local ****ehawks
going into NBO one day.
We reckoned, from the damage caused to the engine, the
B*st*rd had been wearing a hardhat and carrying one hell
of a tool-box at the time.
A replacement motor was duly dispatched ex-UK and arrived
in NBO whilst the old motor was dropped and placed in a local
Customs area to avoid having to pay "Import duty".
The new engine was also put into the same "bonded" area
when it had arrived and discussions started about how much
"Duty" would be charged to release it for fitment. It got dark.
You can imagine what a busy night it was, transferring all the
bits from the old "knackered" engine onto the replacement.
The following day the Company told Customs that they had
decided to refit the "original engine" which was duly done
leaving the costly "replacement" in the bonded area until
local discussions took place . I think it's still there.
Anyone looking for a cheap JT3D,3B?
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