Bluetail
Read my previous threads
That lovely man at Warton in those early days knew what Nimrod was about to do and built the beast well over spec. Where it should be 8mm it was 10 - where it was 12 it was 14 etc. etc.
XV247 is a rogue ac; it's numbers add up to 13 (unlucky for some)
On the 13Sep83, No 2 engine sucked in and killed a Cpl engine fitter during a ground run on Bay 13 at ISK.
Later, during a major servicing - 13Nov84 - a Sgt Airframe Fitter was paralysed for life when his head was trapped in the air- brakes.
I'm not superstsious like, but I never took a Life-Jacket whose numbers add up to 13.
Love many, Trust a few, Always paddle your own canoe
