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Old 10th Jan 2009, 11:13
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sixtiesrelic
 
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Patair had Jato on VH-PNA
The word was you got 400 feet of climb out of them if you had an engine failure at 81K. They only used them at one strip when I flew 'em and only the captains got to use 'em in practise when they ran out of life.
I can see some sense in boppin' her on her guts in the kunai in PNG rather than bopping big trees... She would only have the brakes and deceleration of the props dragging till she hit the long grass tho.
Why would you kiss off a safety feature in OZ these days?
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