Smart_Chap's comment about 2nd line repair teams and spares needs to be kept in mind when we not only procure our next ac, but also when we civilianize more 2nd, 3rd & 4th line engineering organizations. I'm sure if we could have guarded the ac for just a couple of months, the IPT could have written a business case to raise a PDS task to ask Lockheed to design a repair for Marshall's to go to Iraq and embody!!???!!
Top use of library pictures on local BBC news - XV177 taxiing around.
Glad to hear no serious injuries.
N Joe