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Old 10th Nov 2014, 07:55
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Morton Air Services

The photo of the Morton Heron brings back memories when I was with Jersey Airlines at Croydon c 1957 when a Morton Dove or Heron had a failed under carriage incident whereby it circled the field to burn up fuel prior to landing with either its port or starboard wheel hung up. By this time word had spread and a large crowd of airport workers had gathered. The a/c came in to make a perfect landing on just two wheels with the wing tip only touching the grass when almost at standstill. The only casualty occurred when as the a/c came to a stop two police cars dashed forward, resulting in one crashing into the other, and some very red sheep-like police faces !
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