“Their visitor was an issue ⟳ - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider ⟳ with relief the fact of nobody's knowing.”

“The possibility was studied that there might be some unknown phenomenon at work ⟳ that could cause a reduction in structural stiffness with age. Such a reduction in stiffness could result ⟳ in a reduced flutter speed ⟳ and lead ⟳ to flutter. In 2004, Airbus conducted GVT in support ⟳ of its MRTT program ⟳. The testing was conducted on an aged A310 aircraft (MSN 523) that had accumulated over 28 000 flight hours. This test ⟳ aircraft had the same design ⟳ of VTP and rudder as the occurrence aircraft. GVT results found that fin bending and rudder rotation frequencies of the MRTT test ⟳ aircraft were consistent with those obtained during the original A310-300 certification. No indication was found to suggest ⟳ that stiffness had reduced with age.”

“"Oh, by the way, I heard of a rather good thing today, New Kleinfonteins; it's a gold mine in Rhodesia. If you'd like ⟳ to have ⟳ a flutter you might make ⟳ a bit."”

“30 July, 2009, Eurosport, Gray Matter ⟳: How will Schu do? So with his victory odds currently at 14/1 or 3/1 for the podium, he's still most certainly well worth a flutter […]”

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