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The danger first came to light in a near-crash during a 1962 test flight when de Havilland pilots Peter Bugge and Ron Clear were testing the Trident's stalling characteristics by pitching its nose progressively higher, thus reducing its airspeed: "After a critical angle of attack was reached, the Trident began to sink tail-down in a deep stall." Eventually it entered a flat spin and a crash "looked inevitable", but luck saved the test crew.[14][nb 3] The incident resulted in the Trident being fitted with an automatic stall warning system known as a "stick shaker", and a stall recovery system known as a "stick pusher" which automatically pitched the aircraft down to build-up speed if the crew failed to respond to the warning.[14]
The situation of Staines as a major crossing point over the River Thames, its position on the main road from London to the southwest, and its proximity to Windsor has led to the town being involved in national affairs. The barons assembled there before they met King John at Runnymede in 1215, and Stephen Langton held a consecration there shortly after the issue of Magna Carta. Sir Thomas More was tried in 1535 in a Staines public house, to avoid the outbreak of plague in London at that time. Kings and other important people must have passed through the town on many occasions: the church bells were rung several times in 1670, for instance, when the king and queen went through Staines.[3]
The bridge carries the South West Trains Waterloo to Reading Line and the London Waterloo to Weybridge service (via the Chertsey Branch) and lies between Staines and Egham stations. The bridge was completed in 1856.[2]
Westbound platform (north)
Arnos Grove platforms, as seen from the southern end of platform 3.
Information by Wikipedia.com
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