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Old 16th Dec 2012, 01:09
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Ascend Charlie
 
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... and as the rapidly inverting fuselage met the still-in-plane rotating blades, there is a loud (but not totally unexpected) banging noise as the tailboom, the skids, and the partially-inflated parachute get severed by the blades.
System drops from sky inverted, saving the cost of burial.
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