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Old 15th October 2008 | 19:01
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Them thar hills
 
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From: Bradford
When it all goes lumpy

Well at least with only one engine, if it's stopped you know where you're going !
I can't claim any total engine failures but...
No1.. VW 1600 blew a bottom plug out on the climbout at 800ft and left me with no upwardness at all, so I scraped round part of a circuit and landed into wind on a not-normally used piece of the airfield. Had I landed ahead I wouldn't be writing this !
No2.. Zero oil pressure en-route, so was compelled to land on what I could see and glide to... which happened to be Elvington. The pool of oil underneath the aircraft proved I did indeed have a problem (the oil cooler had failed)
No3 .......Hmmmmm !
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