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Old 5th Mar 2010, 23:27
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Smilin_Ed
 
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Flying Without a VS
...indeed, no aircraft will fly without vertical stabilizer.
Actually, a B-52 flown by a Boeing test pilot lost its vertical stabilizer in rough weather and landed safely at an Air Force Base in Arkansas.
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