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Old 7th October 2013 | 16:31
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A Squared
 
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Originally Posted by AirRabbit
And it’s nice to know that other members of that particular union participate in this forum! Welcome aboard!
Thanks Rabbit, but to be clear, I'm not a gas-passer, not even AF (although I do fly a Herc) I just came across the document while reading the AA587 Report, and posted it because it pretty neatly dismisses the 2 of the fallacies being repeated here. To wit:

That before AA587, nobody imagined you could tear a fin off with rudder reversals.

and

Airbuses are the only planes which are susceptible to this.
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