Word: unlashed
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...have just finished reading your article (TIME, Oct. 9, Aeronautics), regarding the crackup of a Condor plane. You state that a mechanic failed to unlash the control stick. For your information, the above statement is incorrect, inasmuch as the pilot and co-pilot are responsible for removing the lashing. It is the pilot's responsibility to see that all controls are free before leaving the ground...
...damage them or even upset the plane. Last week the control-lashing practice was blamed for a crackup. A big biplane of Eastern Air Transport, loaded with 15 passengers, had taken off from Newark Airport, climbed some 50 ft. and flopped down again. Alleged reason: a mechanic failed to unlash the control stick before the plane took...
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