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Old 11th Feb 2009, 15:01
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Old Smokey
 
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After a couple of thousand hours operating Darts Loose rivets, the word whoomph seems incongruous. The word "Stagger" comes to mind as being more appropriate.

A few Dart statistics - 90% of the energy produced was for making noise, 1.7% for jet thrust, and the remaining 8.3% used fto stagger the propellors.

I kid thee not!

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