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10th Jul 2006, 22:03

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I have memories (from a book, of course!) of the Vulcan MK1 nose leg being lengthened so that unstick incidence could be more safely achieved. That made the leg too long for the U/C bay so the oleo shortened as part of the retraction cycle.