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Forum: Military Aviation

21st Feb 2014, 14:47

Replies: 147

Meteor Accidents - 1953

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Thanks John. I'm not MEP qualified but talking to...

Thanks John. I'm not MEP qualified but talking to some of the guys that are at the club I was surprised to find that a lot of WWII era twins (even the Mosquito) had quite a gap between unstick and...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Feb 2014, 23:51

Replies: 147

Meteor Accidents - 1953

Views: 87,597

Posted By thing

As you say Danny, the past is a different...

As you say Danny, the past is a different country. My uncle was killed in a training accident in an Albemarle. Apparently there was a 'dead man's spot' on take off where if you lost a donk basically...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Feb 2014, 21:37

Replies: 147

Meteor Accidents - 1953

Views: 87,597

Posted By thing

Don't know if this is myth but I believe that...

Don't know if this is myth but I believe that more pilots were killed doing asymmetric practice in the meatbox than were killed during actual single engine failures. Those stats seem unbelievable...

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