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Old 3rd Feb 2009, 16:21
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Originally Posted by Art Field
The Victor wheels went into the undercarriage bay upside down and were rotated on t/o to the position you see in the photo by a piston.
I heard that the USAF were most impressed how such large undercarriages as the Vulcan and Victor could be made to fold neatly into such small wheel wells, the Victor especially, in contrast the the B47 which, I think, had a rather larger undercart.
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