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Old 26th Sep 2010, 23:07
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NutherA2
 
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We were told that if you used flap above M0.9, the elevators would jackstall and you wouldn't be able to recover
IIRC this was the problem that led to the RAF's first supersonic ejection by Hedley Molland (sp?) from a Hunter F5 in about 1955
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