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Old 9th Dec 2001, 03:38
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Genghis the Engineer
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I remember working on the wind tunnel tests of that beastie in 1990, 11 years on still not in service.

Emphasises clearly to me why I chose to leave HMQs service and work in civil aviation, where concept to service is routinely under one decade, and can occasionally be in one "posting".

Incidentally, wasn't the gun being eliminated on paper to keep the German (as opposed to the noble Bavarians who build the thing) beancounters happy ? I thought that about half the RAF a/c where getting it anyway, or has that changed since I left in 97 ?

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