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Old 27th Oct 2000, 05:28
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mriya225
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Angry Delta wing & fuel tank vulnerability

Alright kids,
Let's talk turkey! Now that the media is hot under the collar to pin the Concorde tragedy on an incompetent mechanic (presumably working for Continental); Air France and Concorde's designers and manufacturers are only too happy to oblige... (grrr)

I'm getting antsy for a bit of well educated conversation on the delta wing design and possible inherent flaws (where fuel storage and transfer are concerned) that may have contributed (possibly even to the point of being the fatal factor) to the AF4590 tragedy!

I'm sick to death of being fed the Air France & Concorde "party line" on this... do any of you know of any objective delta winged SST design safety analyses, I can find online?

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