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Old 21st May 2009, 09:52
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GKaplan
 
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I hear it was on finals to a rig.
Early stages of the approach - IAS 110kts

Wonder how far it flew with the floats out.
Rig is a bit more than 50Nm from Aberdeen (30Nm off Peterhead).


Agree with HC: floats were armed (normal at this stage of the flight).
A big bang - nose down attitude for a few seconds (a bit of a change in aerodynamics!!) - and then normal flight back to base (just a bit noisy though!).
It really is not a drama and you just wonder what crosses some minds...
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