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Old 26th September 2024 | 11:03
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One of my favourite "what-if's" when I was younger - what if the UK had bought 107s (or Phrogs, or other mil versions thereof) as a means of using all those Gnome engines instead of the Wessex? All that useful cabin space, with excellent access - and no combining gearbox or engines pointed at some ridiculous angle down toward the ground requiring an equally-ridiculous nose-door. I'm sure the Phrog had its handling idiosyncrasies, but were they any worse than the ground-resonance-prone, over-powered but underperforming (especially at altitude) Wessex? I bet the seating arrangement was less likely to cripple the pilot, too.
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