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Old 9th Jul 2009, 23:22
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non iron
 
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Phileas, my dear sir.

ATP - Advanced Technical Problem if you please.

The problems are well known and just need proper spending to keep at bay. Freighters ? the purse may not open that often but who knows ?

On a lighter note, the engineer run pilot course ( always to be avoided if you have the choice as a pilot ) in 1989 at Woodford produced the following gem.
The powers that were, looked at the prototype after being removed from the hangar and decided that the prop tips "looked" to be too close to the ground.

Mmmh. Composite props. Mmmh. Difficult to change them. Best make the nose leg longer. Which was done before flight in the best Tiger Moth traditions.

First take off on gear retract ? The nose leg wouldn`t fit in the bay and jammed.

The cure ? put a bend in the nose leg for retraction.

Boeing and Airbus eat your hearts out.

So help me, absolutely true.
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