Originally Posted by
POBJOY
The engine ended up in Target tugs at Sylt so must have had some sort of serviceability rate for that job.
There is no doubt that the later Sabres in the Tempest were 'not as bad' as the earlier marks of engine but I am not sure that is any sort of recommendation
I have often pondered the wisdom of using the Tempests as TT a/c post war and the only conclusion I have ever come to was that they must have had hundreds (perhaps thousands) of brand new sabre engines languishing in stores to either scrap or use up - so if they had any serious engine problems on a TT Tempest they could just demand a new engine and swap it out
Absolute engineering madness of an engine.