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Old 5th Sep 2014, 03:34
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Fonsini
 
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You flew the Scimitar wow, now I'm genuinely awestruck.

I recall seeing a video of some poor squadron CO who made a perfect landing in front of assembled TV crews only to have the damned wire break on him and over the end he went.

Watching him struggle to unbuckle as the cockpit went under the water was horrible. I always wondered if they changed Scimitar escape training after that, and also if they ever recovered the poor guy's remains from the depths and what that told them about his attempts to escape the sinking bird.

Terrible stuff.
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