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Old 4th May 2017, 12:52
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zzuf
 
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All of the various Goblin compressor mods resulted in engines which were very noisy, known as "growlers". The noise could be so disconcerting that more than 30% of the fleet were "dual only". Had a front bearing failure in one of the worst growlers - was quite peaceful gliding back to PCE, at least until I was given no3 to land - approach forgot to advise tower of the mayday call!
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