Originally Posted by
Akrotiri bad boy
Those beasts are part of my adolescence and the reason why I never got to Oxbridge. They used to grumble over my school on finals into Ringway causing me to forever gawp out of the window instead of applying myself to educational achievements.
Would that be 24 or 06 ( as was ) ?.....fascinating aircraft to take apart, well at least to unlock and then secure the nose...the lower securing bolt was easy, the upper involved hanging on to a ladder / structure / torque wrench.....all at the same time. Also had an original porcelain sink in the toilet.....obviously weight was never an issue in a different era as they say.