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Old 1st January 2006, 22:11
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Re: Can someone tranlste please?

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Originally Posted by Peter Spoden
Due to handling mistake the a/c went into a spin.

We German pilots called this "abschmieren", wellknown to flyers all over the world!
Priceless, thank you Peter!

Pilot slang is always great, love a number of biographies especially for their free use of original terms.
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