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Old 22nd Jul 2012, 10:52
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Fareastdriver
 
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Danny.
The standard was laid up at St Clement Danes and is still there, probably for ever.
That Mr Hoxtin was Roy Moxam, a senior test pilot with Westland helicopters. We were having problems with engines running down so we were doing a few trials to see if we could find a cause.
That included running a Whirlwind with a fire engine pumping water a full chat into its engine intake to see how long it would take to put the flame out.
It took a surpringly long time, actually.
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