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Old May 2nd 12, 01:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dave Nadler
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Default Crunch Alert (USA) - hugely serious but (apparently) non-fatal

On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 4:01:19 PM UTC-4, John Firth wrote:
Rudder vent?


Hole in the rudder to equalize internal pressure.
Sounds like this was NOT the problem here, but
it wouldn't be the first control surface to explode.