Making his first Premier League start, Oxlade-Chamberlain was a constant menace to United with his speed and trickery and he set up the home team's equalizing goal in the 71st minute, when his neat reverse pass was swept home by Robin Van Persie, the club's leading scorer.

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Substantially more complex than previous aircraft, the new plane required the pilot to attend to the four engines, a retractable landing gear, new wing flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to maintain control at different airspeeds, and constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be regulated with hydraulic controls, among other features.

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