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Old 6th Sep 2021, 19:03
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tucumseh
 
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Correct. There was the aircraft fit, carrier fit, and transportable ground installation.

Phase 2 was the Near Field Integrity Monitoring System, and Microwave Dummy Deck Landing System. The latter was short lived, someone reversing a 4-tonner over it at Yeovilton.

It's a long story, but around 1992 the FAA decided not to retain it. A strange decision, given a Board of Inquiry had recently noted the aircraft hadn't MADGE fitted, the pilot having difficulty getting home after a bird strike. But the president wasn't able (or allowed) to publish the background.
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