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Old 24th Mar 2010, 09:55
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Laurence

G-AOPL departed complete with rudder, as I recall from waving it good-bye with a glad heart.

I did manage to break the starboard wing-spar near the already upturned tip when landing at the Al Ayn strip; the aircraft was sharply rolled about 80 degrees to the right by a dust-devil as I crossed the threshold, and the wing hit the ground first. Luckily it fell back on to the wheels rather than its back; I decided to make it a touch-and-go, and flew gently back to Sharjah. A friendly RAF fitter put a fishplate across the crack, new bit of skin and it was as good as new.

That was the only damage that I knew about, so where the bits of rudder in the museum came from I cannot imagine. Bizarre coincidence, though.
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