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Re: What in your opinion........

Posted by Steve Young on Mon Jul 28, 2003 09:10:55 AM

In reply top Re: What in your opinion........ posted by Olivier Lacombe on Sun Jul 27, 2003 10:12:32 PM

: Is this the one they used for a fast taxi on a runway for
: a flick? I saw that in FlyPast a while back. It looked a
: wesome!
:
: Olivier

Yes, she's the one. There's still a portion of the old East Kirkby runway in existence, but they had to lay steel matting to get her from her usual area to the runway. Apparently they made a few runs, and the pilot in command (Mike Chatterton?) was quoted as saying that the tail came up very easily and she ran beautifully. The run was done for the BBC drama "Night Flight", starring Christopher Plummer and Edward Woodward, shown about 12 months ago.

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