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Old 27th Oct 2009, 12:04
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OZFURYFAN
 
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IXA was Ossies,IXG was Sleemans.AEA,haven't seen that for a while,I remember a pilot for Airresearch called Johnson who removed a chock from the nosewheel of AEA whilst parked on the hill outside the DGA hangar,of course it rolled and he grabbed the nosewheel to stop it.I didn't think a human hand could fit between the wheel & hockey stick but from the scars it did!!!And the Pitts,I had a flight in that which ended up in a collision with a Lazer(VH-KGZ) on the runway intersection,talk about knife edge at 3 feet.I still have the pics of the scene taken by the N.T.News in the album,the Lazer needed a new wing and the Pitts 2 new wings,new prop,bulk strip,and full refabric which we did in Guido's aircon room at Aerotec.arrrrrrrr,those were the days,cheers,Pete
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