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Old 7th Oct 2013, 21:53
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D120A
 
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Ah yes, Petrolhead, that Mk3. 1981 I think? Interesting that as the ventral touched and its fuel plumed out, our friend hit the reheats (well, you would, wouldn't you?), and the reheats lit the fuel...

A fact which, years later, caused me to go into battle to insist that reheats were a likely ignition source in the Concorde take-off accident at CDG.

The Lightning landed safely, however, with a very cooked lower fuselage that took many moons to re-skin and sort out. Happy days.
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