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Old 7th Apr 2011, 17:43
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Can either of you elaborate?
A minor mishap transpired during G-IV "unstick" testing. The jet partially stalled and banged a wingtip. Vortilons were added to the wings to control airflow at high angles of attack. Again, the test pilot was imminently qualified - he was later sequentially selected to be the GV chief test pilot then the Boeing 717 chief test pilot.
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