Dudley Henriques wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Dudley Henriques wrote in


Oh they keep it well. It's just the nature of the beast, isn't it?

Those old birds can be cantankerous to a fair thee well can't they

Well, ikinda like 'em like that myself!

:-))

Yeah, i've takne the paint off in rain lots of times.

Went through hail once. We cracked the outer panes of several
screens, took every single antenna and lamp off the airplane, holed
the radome in many places and trached on fan blade.

The noise of it was unholy. It sounded like a freight train. Crew
comms were impossible. It lasted about a minute, maybe a bit more.
Not nice but we survived it anyway. Ancient old radar wasn't worth
the space it took up.


bertie

Well....what would flying be like without a little "fun" once in a
while huh?? :-))))))

Ech, kinda past that nowadays!
That was some time ago and I haven't flown with such a poor radar in a
looong time.


Bertie