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Old 16th May 2011, 17:55
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Phoinix
 
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I'm not sure where you got your info as it is wrong. The only two queens of hangars are the 212 with 22 months and 412 with 24 months and counting (public tenders, a lovely phenomena). 109 was on the ground only for a two month period right after delivery, 135 was never grounded, even after the incident (I was at the controls at the time, gaining my IR) when EC confirmed it was still within limits to continue flying.

Maybe the queen of hangar you are referring to is the old 109A, that was sold after being on the ground for quite a lot of time after reaching the engines overhaul time limit, later being sold for spare parts.

The link you posted is our 109E, you can see the front of "S..." part of the nationality markings. It was photoshoped for a flyer.
Although it's a common paint scheme, just with different blue shadings.

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