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Old August 11th 03, 02:35 PM
Fred J. McCall
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Andy Dingley wrote:

:On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:16:34 +0100, Iain Rae
:wrote:
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:and the pages mention every type except the nimrod, certainly I've seen
:hercules doing lowish flying (below 2,500ft) whilst walking in the
:highlands.
:
:I've been _blown_over_ by propwash from a low Hercules, whilst walking
n Salisbury Plain. The ranges were closed (red flags out), but we
:weren't on the range.
:
:LAPES, I think.

And hardly unique to the RAF. The original argument was that the RAF
has more accidents because they fly lower than USAF do.

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