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Old 6th Aug 2008, 20:11
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Lima Juliet
 
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AWS was removed from the "Tonka" on the advice from the nerds at Boscombe. It's hardly surprising that a 5000hr TP could do better manually than the AWS in normal aerobatic manoeuvres...however, in the hands of Rodney F@cknuckle with 50hrs on type, in ACT, it would have been great! Still, it gave the Nav a chance to shout "Wings" at Biggles with delightful glee everytime the wings were in the wrong place. This was later qualified with "Wings Forward/Back" when the previous "Wings" call made Rodney F@cknuckle move his 45deg wings forward when supersonic and overstressing the jet!

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