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Old 12-04-2008, 03:55 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Interesting that they would do this, BC1. I've seen many pics of Mustangs on the ground with the doors bleeding down due to lack of hydraulic pressure with the engine stopped. Sounds like the mechanism itself could only withstand so much based on the F.14s you've analysed.

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