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Old 24th Sep 2012, 12:15
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The aircraft that wnet into the side of the Avon Gorge was a Vampire, and as I undertand it, far from the only one to go underneath!

The late John Jordan was reputed to have taken his Stearman under the Orwell Bridge at Ipswich during a display there a couple of decades ago.

Then there was the "Phantom" who threaded a Rallye through the Arc de Triomphe several times around 1980, and the American who flew a Bonanza underneath the Eiffel Tower.

I hear tell that the magnificent Millau Bridge has cables strung beneath the deck to, er, dissuade les pilotes from being naughty.
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