[QUOTE] Old Hairy. I often wonder who took the blame for mistaking Fontwell Racecourse for Tangmere and carrying out a perfect roller conveyer drop,rumour has it ,it was a raceday[/QUOTE
Ah Tangmere! I managed to deposit a Boscombe Platform in a field on the edge of Oving. Due to an extractor chute malfunction the main parachutes deployed inside the cabin before wrapping themselves around the (Argosy) tailplane. The remaining 14000 lb platform came to a sudden stop on the rear door sill and the nose pitched up. After we crossed the western end of Rwy 27 sinking rapidly with the stick shaker going and both pilot struggling to get the nose down the Boscombe Platform fell out of the back!