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Old 7th May 2010, 14:44
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Geoffersincornwall
 
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A crack!!

I once showed my wife a picture of a crack in one of our helicopters and she went white and expressed her shock/horror. I then put her straight......

"Darling, its a helicopter it therefore has a crack somewhere - that's what helicopters do, they vibrate and they crack. Don't worry about it.

I'm not sure how reassured she was but it's close to reality for almost every type I know - look at the doublers on the rear fuselage of any machine more than a year old.

G.
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