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Old 3rd July 2013 | 15:57
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Jet Rangers and water dipping with the extra weight of the Inspector along....confined areas....remind you of how careful one must be.

When I did my 206 ride like this one....I pointed out our usual dip spot....and suggested we not use it....but instead go find a wide open flat approach to a farm pond in the middle of a cow pasture with miles of clear way.

We wound up dipping.....and releasing at the same time as the old girl just wasn't going vertical even with a minimum setting on the bucket.

Reading the report....nothing has changed over time.

Granted I was in a 206B-III not an L series.
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