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Old 5th May 2004, 19:37
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WG774
 
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Does that machine look 50 years old to you? Words fail me on the beauty of the ogival profile.

I’m no expert, but I reckon echoes of the design can be seen on all manner of Lockheeds and MIGs, an influential aeroplane indeed. If you put FD2 into Google, the only sites that seem to offer anything remotely “technical” are in Russian.

Some more FD2 pics here:

http://www.studenten.net/customasp/a...s.asp?cat_id=7

And here (including a satisfied Peter Twiss):

http://www.testpilot.ru/uk/fairey/delta/2/fd2.htm

Cheers!
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