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Old 21st Jan 2011, 20:52
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pasir
 
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Tudor identical

... The DC3 incident sounds very similar to an event described in
a book on ACM Bennet - Apparantly during the 1948 Berlin airlift ACM Bennet took off in great haste in a heavily loaded Tudor - only to realise too late that the external locks were still in place - but managed to climb out and gain a little altitude - complete a greatly extended circuit and land safely - Mainly so far as can be recalled through careful use of throttles and trim control.

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