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Old 3rd Sep 2011, 16:10
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Hold on here......we're talking about:
  • a squirrel against a land rover
  • an old timer against a combat ready instructer who should be used to taking controls at a split second
most probably in an open area...

You telling me that the pilot could not have simply pulled a little power and flown away and gone somewhere else, like most of us would have and not P'd on a locals battery...?
I've been in this situation before when doing training where that 1 out of 10 spot you chose has pissed someone off....
I can understand if he came out guns blazing, but an old slug of a landy...... come on....

that's like throwing a marble down a bowling alley..........
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