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IanDTurner
August 31st 03, 09:50 AM
Hi all

heard rumours of an RAF Tornado going down last week - any info?

Ian

Andrew Chaplin
August 31st 03, 04:27 PM
av8r wrote:
>
> Hi Ian
>
> This will give you a little insight into the incident last week.
>
> Cheers...Chris
>
> CFB GOOSE BAY, Nfld. (CP) -- Two British Royal Air Force pilots suffered
> minor injuries when their jet skidded off the runway at Canadian Forces
> Base Goose Bay.
>
> Their F-3 Tornado touched down in Labrador on Monday during a heavy
> rainstorm and began sliding across the tarmac.
>
> "It started to skid towards the side of the runway," Capt. John Pulchny,
> a Canadian air force spokesman, said Tuesday.

So that's where John is; I didn't realize he had joined the "flack"
troops.

[And yes, Chris, I am writing a post on the trip to HVGB.]
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av8r
August 31st 03, 08:00 PM
Hi Andrew

John took over from Dave Muralt almost two years ago.

Cheers...Chris

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