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Old 5th March 2010 | 23:27
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Smilin_Ed
 
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From: In the Old Folks' Home
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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