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Old 5th Nov 2010, 10:44
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As jindabyne will recall, there was a fatal accident on the approach to Shawbury in the early 1970s involving an Arab student in a Hunter 7....

The rumour going around at the time was that he was on a suspension check and had previously told his course colleagues that he couldn't go home to face the shame if he was chopped.....
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