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Old 22nd Nov 2017, 17:41
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blind pew
 
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We did the same in the early 70s at Prestwick..one of the two we wrote off.
Prestwick with a trainee who hadn’t really flown for a year and critical simulated failure after V1.
Engineer or P3..forgot which broke his ankle jumping out. All suffered third degree burns as training captain had to write the report before they went to hospital and washed off the kerosene.
The other was at Heraklion with a “heavy” landing that bent both wings..flown back to base with passengers on.
Two out of the ten we owned..another nearly got the airline banned from Hong Kong after the Chung Chow? Approach as they missed the turn and only just missed the checker board attached to a block of flats.
Miss the good old days
BP
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