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Old 12th March 2013 | 10:14
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Thanks for this film , Leo45, I discovered it.
I did not know that the IV had electric controls.. must be one of the first a/c type no ?

I remember , being a young controller , controlling the IV take off in Bordeaux around 1972 , always with JATO rockets , blockig the runway twice, first on dep by the team that was arming the Bomb when the a/c was lined up , and then on return with his braking parachute that a team had to look for after it jettisssoned it.
All this at night ,and in an airport with Commercial operations !
Good memories.
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