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Old 15th August 2003 | 11:36
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RRAAMJET
 
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Danger

Having flown VIP some time ago with "systems" (TQF), no I don't care to comment....

Careful what you post here, folks, especially those of you who, like me, were involved in trials and research.

I do believe, however, that we should get together an educational "roadshow" for airline crews detailing fact as oppose to fiction and rumour. I've passed the suggestion along to the TSA some months ago, but have as yet had no reply (no surprise - I must not have taken my shoes off...)

I visited the Hawker when it was at Chester....tough jet. Very eye-opening. It was being used by Rwandan President Habyarimana and was shot at over Angola by an Angolan MiG 23 (escort, anybody?). The first missile knocked the rt eng and overwing emerg exit off, and the second missile luckily went for the falling separated engine.

Habyarimana got his in '94 in a Falcon 50, downed by a SAM.

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