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tamperings of German spies there are a hundred or so ailments which, for the safety of [[strikethrough]] unsuspec [[/strikethrough]] unsuspecting new pilots I would have none of, and in consequence the 'buses were almost wholly dismantled and rebuilt in the days before we began operations.
Some troubles we encountered were leaky gas tanks, dirty carburetors, broken floats, radiator leaks, pipe lines clogged, air pumps n.g., water pump studs broken, [[strikethrough]] pipe lines clogged,[[/strikethrough]] shock absorber cut - not properly wound, rigging not square, controls too tight, axles bowed, magnetos not functioning, gun gears broken etc, etc.  In most cases it was a three days' job for three men working steadily to clear the mess.
An order came through one day to the