| The crew chief was underneath the starboard sponson, trying to unseat the landing-gear pin, when my copilot released the brakes. |
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| A 15-man life raft is installed either side in the forward section of each sponson. |
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| The next thing I remember was someone on another sponson throwing me a life ring, which landed about five feet from the hull of the ship. |
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| The battery door is on the aft end of the sponson that houses the port main landing gear. |
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| A key issue is the cleanliness of the hangar bay, sponson and door light-locker. |
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| This is again in the turn, when the right front side or sponson digs into the water and the boat does a barrel roll ending up upside down. |
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| The three davits for the deployment of landing craft and the patrol boat are relocated to a sponson installed on the port side of the ship instead of on the flight deck. |
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| Screw wash from the port screw during the port-twist maneuver had caused water to flow over the RHIB's sponson, and the craft capsized. |
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| The kayaks were equipped with inflatable paddles and sponson floats which can be fitted to assist the kayaker reboard after a capsizing and to increase stability. |
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| To compensate a skid fin has been added to the back of the left sponson. |
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| The NBC protection system has been moved in the rear left sponson, the right one being used to accommodate equipment. |
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| Everything outside the tank was shot up, the 50-caliber machine gun, the sponson boxes, mufflers, and radio antenna, but the tank did not burn. |
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| Did this trash come up from a sponson or from someone being careless? |
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| The crew reported that the NBC OVERHEAT SPONSON OUT light didn't provide any warning. |
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