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Old 18th Feb 2021, 09:47
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treadigraph
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Some PR/marketing guru with tortured logic decided that the greek word "Vannus" which translates literally as "winnowing basket" or more loosely, "a device for blowing the grain" was therefore "a fan". Hence V-Jet denotes Fan Jet.
Cor, a bit of culture with my mid-morning coffee!

Lovely pics, them was the days; would we could go back...
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