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Old 11th Mar 2011, 17:25
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PlasticCabDriver
 
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And don't forget that, whatever the emergency, however minor or major (makes no difference anyway, all the CWP captions will be on and a overly loud warning horn will be sounding like an hyperactive foghorn), the single Immediate Action is to grab the cyclic in both hands and wrestle with it, and make no attempt at all to fly the aircraft or do any drills. Spinning round and round a few feet above the ground for longer that you might think strictly necessary is in the Subsequent Actions.
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