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Old 6th Sep 2011, 17:34
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We had a few Lightning guys 'lose their bottle' while I was on the jet. I actually volunteered for a Farnborough AvMed 'random sample' pilot phobia survey while serving on 23(F) - must have been around '73 - (well, it got me a few days 'darn sarf'). Was much amused to see that some psycho-twit had written 'Are you afraid of Lightning' as one of the questions on a quiz paper (but missed out mother-in-laws).

It turned out that 'phobia' extended right across the spectrum, including Shack crews to my surprise.
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