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Aircraft crash sites are, in fact, places of historic
interest. For a brief period of time, these places became
hot-spots of activity, and nearly as much was learned from the
crash as from the flight testing itself.
An externally mounted fuel tank used on some military aircraft.
Fuel is used from the drop tank first, and then the entire tank can
be jettisoned from the aircraft to decrease weight and drag, while
improving maneuverability.
"At 20, a human being is at the flower of his prime; at
20, the TBM aircraft family is demonstrating the strength of its
maturity while enjoying the vigor of youth."
Source: EADS Socata president and CEO
Jean-Michel Léonard, waxing poetic about the 20th
anniversary of the first flight of the prototype TBM 700.
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