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Old 16th May 2008, 16:05
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Originally Posted by Double Zero

Stop ! "

Apparently the supporting pins/whatever on the pylons wouldn't stand even taxying over a bump...
Although the "lash up" Shrike pylons picked up the Skybolt pylon hard points on the main planes, they were not Skybolt pylons and it seems that only the attachment pins were the problem.

Woff1965. As I understand it, a longer range weapon wasn't needed because the aim was to push Johnny Gaucho to light up his RADAR and getting close achieved that. If only ALARM had been ready in time.
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