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Old 21st Mar 2004, 20:32
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Not unlike the Vulcan bombay doors saga. When they converted a batch of B2s to Blue Steel carriers, they had to replace the bombdoors, because the missile was to be recessed into the bombay. They took off all the doors and carefully chucked them in a heap in a storeroom without noting which doors came from which airframe. Some years later, they had to convert them back to conventional bombers - and guess what, they couldn't match the doors to the aircraft, so they had to manufacture new ones. Guess who footed the bill?
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