"This whole project has run on the power of a dream" said Andrew Edmonson, the project's engineering director.
Sums the whole project up nicely...
"One of the main problems we had was with the electrics. It was all cutting edge, top secret stuff in the 1950s but it didn't like the modern power systems.
"We kept trying to connect it up at airbases and it kept blowing fuses. That became an art in itself."
Ho, hum. This old Waddington A.Fitt.E isn't surprised in the least. Every "Liney" electrician carried a box of spare fuses in his tool bag, and they weren't for "just in case". We'd get through a couple of dozen every shift.
