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Old 04-17-2013, 06:32 AM
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Timbo
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Thanks for that link Moony Man!

Just for kicks I threw in the N number of my first love, and it came back with an incident that happened to me back in 1980!! I'm amazed it goes that far back!

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I do take exception with their 'findings', i.e. inadequate preflight?? The friggn' side window blew out at FL200! Sucked my arm right out, I'm glad I had my seatbelt on! And there were 3 bullet sized holes in the side of the fuselage, angled from up above!

The investigator I talked with at the time said it was most likely we got hit by "Space Junk", which shattered the window and put the holes in the side of the airframe. It sounded like a shotgun blast in my ear and my head was slammed against the top of the window frame, which kept most of me in the airplane.
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