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Old 27th Aug 2014, 22:18
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dragartist
 
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Certainly recall the fuel leaks post major. NMSU sent a CWP down to 4 hangar to fix it. stopped us getting on with more important stuff as the floor was up and down so many times to change one or two of the forward fuselage tanks (Rack 3/4 area).


14 years on EWAU/D never heard 66 referred to as Damien. Most probably a throw back to the Oliver Reed films of the era.


Does anyone recall which a/c had the extra frame in the tail cone (I think it may have been FR70A) caused problems when we tried to move waveguide between airframes - gave up in the end each was individually made.


66 was the last a/c I worked on - new floor for Starwindow which was fitted during the major at NMSU. before I was posted to Brize. Good job the sub racks and all the LRUs were not fitted when it went in. One of my old lads called me up at Brize within the hour. I must admit I just shut my office door and shed a tear or three.
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