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Old 12th Jun 2022, 07:50
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Mach1Muppet
 
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Originally Posted by HK144
Why? Lets not forget the historical significance of OQA, when retirement finally comes, it would be a worthy aircraft for long-term display. Additionally, evidence presented on other sites would suggest that the cost of operating a heavy OQA outways the cost of upgrading OQF and OQE.
Nah definitely a good call, my guess was history would repeat itself like it did when OJH was repaired after the overrun, but more including;
>Its a first wave aircraft and weighs 1000kg more
>The first few aircraft to be released after the modifications weighed 3 ton more than those who haven't (more bums in seats)

I guess you're right in OQA's significance, the big question now, where would it be displayed!

Edit: Yeah forgot about OQF had a jacking incident and now carries a penalty, didn't think of that!

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