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Old 20th January 2017, 12:05 PM
MarkR MarkR is offline
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Originally Posted by Grahame Hutchison View Post
I can remember being shot at by an air rifle departing Bankstown's old gravel Runway 05 back in 1968. You could hear the pellet ping off the sheet metal of the Cessna 150. Instructors told me I was not the first to be shot at.
"Caution flak upwind, clear for takeoff"
Golf ballz would have been a hazard on finals IIRC.
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