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Old 10th Mar 2011, 22:08
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albatross
 
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Just joking

Open Joke"
Autorotation is not the solution to every problem. Would that it were it would make life so much easier.
I know of one bright lowtime lad who - having the engine chip light come on - rolled the throttle smoothly to idle and Auto'd to a perfect landing in a very, very small swamp amongst the trees - 1 mile from a very nice field with farms, farmer's daughters, telephones and roads and all that good stuff.
Sometimes, however, there is only time to call "#$%^ brace, brace, brace!" and hang on for dear life.
"Close Joke

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