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Tartiflette Fan
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Just too nit-picking and not correct.
what’s not correct?
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The Buccaneer was a mid-wing, twin-engine aircraft.
It had a crew of two in a tandem-seat arrangement with the observer seated higher and offset from the pilot to give a clear view forwards to enable him to assist in visual search.
Its operational profile included cruising at altitude (for reduced fuel consumption) before descending, just outside the anticipated enemy radar detection range, to 100 feet (30 m) for a 500-knot (930 km/h; 580 mph)
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dash to and from the target.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer
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