QUOTE=Brian Abraham]Be interested to hear as an enthusiast of your opinions re the relative merits of the Spey versus the J79.[/QUOTE]
Of possible interest. The remaining Speys were sold onto China. The last batch went out in 2001. The old Phantom Speys were used to help in the production of FB-7As (Codename Flounder). The FB-7A went into PRC service in 2004.
