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Old 13th Apr 2002, 22:04
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Capt Vegemite
 
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Torres mate thanks for coming to the rescue,it has been 30 years since I last flew outa that strip so me old memory doin ok despite what I been doin to it.
Correct about the prang(s), there where in fact two the first being the one I was pax on which neatly rolled the 206 into a ball and dumped it into the barret at top of the strip in the parking bay.
No one hurt just banged me head around and the afore mentioned watch ******ed(back at work next day)
Then about a year later someone tried the same stunt and ended with two fatalities I believe.
Old poppa Rarsch had all the photos once ...I wonder whatever happened to them.

The pommie engineer went on to better and greater things such as connecting a 402 elevator trim cables on back to front.
Also introduced a wonderous new resinous bog to seal up the totally stuffed crankcase halfs with. He pioneered a new way of installing piston rings that was so efficient it required the pilot to carry a 5 gallon tin of oil with him in the A/C to top up after every landing.
They dont make em like that anymore.....er...do they?
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