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Walter "Taffy" Holden's Lightning Flight

October 20, 2025

In 1966 a Mechanical Engineer named Walter “Taffy” Holden is doing a standard ground test of an old aircraft, but his test does not go to plan. What caused him to take an inadvertent test flight of an old aircraft?

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In Mechanical Failures, Pilot Failures Tags Walter Taffy Holden, Taffy Holden, Lightning, Ground Test, Maintenance Error
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