We had inherited a proper sodding pisstank of a pommie engineer from Darwin.
I think O**ie had booted his arse out of the place.
He had installed the dual pole in the 185 for a training session the the one and only "Pants P" had conducted a few days before.
I asked him to take the pole out.
He couldnt be bothered getting off his fat arse to do it so it was left in.
Now when this twerp put the pole in he used about a 2" long bolt to secure it about 1 1/2" protruding down thru the stick.
The bolt rub rub rubbed on the vac hose leading from the vac gauge on the pax side to the A/H
Eventually it managed to wear a hole through the hose and after I had taken off from Omkali the bolt dropped into the rubber vac hose stopping movement of the stick.
If I had of pranged no one woulda figured that one out.
Or give a toss.
(edit cos vege half cut)
Last edited by Capt Vegemite; 13th Apr 2002 at 14:58.