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Old 3rd Sep 2017, 12:32
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Fareastdriver
 
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On the V force in the sixties the procedure after an engine fire was to go through the motions for the affected engine and then shut down the adjacent one to cater for debris, fire spread etc.. On practices one would go through the motions for the affected engine and then retard the adjacent and carry out a two-engine approach and landing. The thrust line was sufficiently close to the centreline for you to be able to carry out a two engines on one side overshoot.

Ken Baker was overseeing his co-pilot carrying out this procedure in a Vulcan 2. That's when they found out that the rudder on the 2 couldn't contain the yaw of two Olympus's on one side at full chat.................

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