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Old 5th Aug 2009, 11:28
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We used to have one of them in the hangar on the OCU, that and the Sycamore sitting out front.

I remember our Flight Sergeant who worked on them regailing of an incident on a display when one crashed, from what he told me it was doing a display and was carrying Gurkas, unfortunately in the rush during it's performance the Gurkas were never strapped in as they boarded and as they did a tactical flare all the Gurkas went sliding down the back resulting in a sever lack out of balance trim and the rear rotors hitting the ground and it all ending in tears.....

Whether it is true or not I do not know, but it was one of those things I always remembered.
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