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Old 9th Feb 2015, 16:34
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Cornish Jack
 
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Jimmy Harrison took a 748 on a world (ish) demo tour in the early 60s which included Bangkok. His demo was at Don Muang, as it then was, for the Thai brass. Quite startling! On his first rotation, he failed the starboard engine and immediately rolled into a 'dead engine' turn coming back low level along the civilian aircraft parking area ... low, in this case requiring that he lift to clear the line of 707 and DC8 tail fins lined up in front of the terminal. The remainder of the display continued in similar vein and his arrival back on the stand was greeted by rapturous applause - well earned. Can't be sure, (I left before it happened) but I have a feeling that the intended customers (Thai Airways) bought the Herald!!
Many years later I was 'fingered' to learn the 80p to eventually ground instruct (didn't happen) One (among many) oddities was the inclusion of a 'steering bar' for the radio compass indication Trying to follow that would have taxed the most ardent Space Invaders fan!
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