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Old 6th December 2005 | 14:56
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We had a 5 engine Viscount at Pratt and Whitney Canada.....a stonking great PW100 in the nose!

I believe it is in a museum now but that was a long time ago.

There is a great story about one of our senior designers at the time. He was an ex-Supermarine apprentice and had worked a lot on the Viscount in its infancy. As he led a collegue on to the beast for the first time, through the "vestibule", he started to say "mind your head..." when said collegue bounced his noggin on the low ceiling just inside the door. "Ouch, how did you know that was there" the injured bloke asked. With a wink he replied "'cos I f#%king designed it!".
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