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As an epilogue to that story, some years later GP had an unfortunate "episode". A student didn't apply full power after touch-down and the aircraft came to a stop on a steep up-slope. The two occupants jumped out and tried to prevent the aircraft sliding backwards to oblivion but couldn't stop it. Luckily the aircraft only slid 100m or so and came to a stop after suffering a little damage to one wing. The convention at this point is to call up the heli rescue team and they come and lift the stricken aircraft off the mountain. Unfortunately the heli pilot was a budding maverick and flew in too fast and too low, blowing the unfortunate Supercub off the side of the mountain and on to complete destruction.

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