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Old 28th Sep 2013, 08:38
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Lima Juliet
 
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There was a twin-stick GR4 that did a roller landing at Waddington about 5-10 years ago on its CBLS with practice bombs on. Both the pilots (note this was a QFI check) noticed that they were a bit lower than normal and heared a scraping noise - apparently the view of the sparks from the tower were quite impressive!

For some unknown reason they decided to go back and land at Marham having left a few items off the CBLS at Waddington . I would have thought landing at Waddington would have been a better bet rather than risk bits falling off across half of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but I guess they had their reasons.

Still, no significant damage to the jet and they lived to tell the tale.

LJ
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