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Old 16th Mar 2009, 00:47
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philbky
 
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Sorry ZFT, all the contemporaneous magazines mention only the tailplane.

The fin would probably have been useless due to stress caused by the shock of the rear fuselage hitting the ground when the aircraft was demolished causing both twisting and lateral impact damage.
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