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Old 1st May 2019, 00:11
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megan
 
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You learn something new every day - wasn't aware of the Vigilante's bomb bay
The A-5 was in the fleet at the time of my basic training. It was said that the reason it failed in the bomber role was that upon ejection the bomb tended to follow the aircraft in trail. Perhaps a bit of jocularity rather than fact.

Edited to add, seems to be factual to some degree. From RA-5C Vigilante History
Although a viable system in theory, in actual practice difficulties were encountered in clearing the linear bomb bay during operational use
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