And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
First Officer Maureen Dunlop, one of the ferry pilots of the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) who transport newly manufactured aircraft from the factory to the aerodrome during World War II. She is sitting in the cockpit of a new Baracuda.
Yelling at the ground crew at the top of her lungs...
Those early Barracudas had a problem with the oil pressure gauges - they were direct measurement-type, and prone to springing leaks squirting fluid directly into the pilot's faces. As the hydraulic oil had an ether component, it would quickly render them unconscious, leading to fatal unexplained crashes.
I believe everything but the"new" part.
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DeleteNot just new, but repaired aircraft were flown by them. And just like in the US, they got no respect from TPTB.
DeleteThose early Barracudas had a problem with the oil pressure gauges - they were direct measurement-type, and prone to springing leaks squirting fluid directly into the pilot's faces. As the hydraulic oil had an ether component, it would quickly render them unconscious, leading to fatal unexplained crashes.
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