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Old 27th May 2015, 18:14
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megan
 
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Blackjack was on a hiding to nothing with the Beaufort. On his first solo flight in one he ended up force landing it beside the Kilmany rubbish dump at Sale. Cause of crash was a build up of fuel in the wing at the exhaust. Drain holes allowing moisture to drain from the wing had been omitted causing the fuel to build up and when the aircraft was started up, it caught fire.

I'm guessing he had just got airborne off 27 at West Sale.
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