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Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 28 Jun 2010, 23:49
Pic taken of G-AMWA on the day it suffered an engine failure at Guernsey CI in September 1963
Extracted from the middle of a 2 1/4 inch slide that had suffered almost total colour fade..
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by DaveB » 29 Jun 2010, 00:16
Sad to see but a great find. I'm sure I've seen this or something similar in B&W and even though the colour is damaged, it does add a lot to what is a very sorry sight
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by Garry Russell » 29 Jun 2010, 00:18
I once showed a poor newspaper cutting on the test thread.
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by DaveB » 29 Jun 2010, 00:21
Ah.. that must have been it
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by FlyTexas » 29 Jun 2010, 01:43
Poor thing.
I hope the crew was ok.
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by jonesey2k » 29 Jun 2010, 05:27
Hope nobody was on the main deck!
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Garry Russell
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by Garry Russell » 29 Jun 2010, 08:10
No injuries, but the single, posh American car was mashed.
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