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Old 3rd Mar 2018, 21:03
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Originally Posted by Old-Duffer
Interesting that.

The Jaguar airframe and its wings were managed as different assemblies and were frequently changed over. The wing change, if I recall correctly, required four bolts and a shed load of other stuff to be disconnected and the wing could then be lifted off as a single piece.

If this aircraft was written off, one presumes there was other significant damage in addition to the loss of a chunk of wing.

Old Duffer
I think that the whole wing was pushed back over a foot down the spine of the fuselage.
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