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Old 20th Apr 2009, 13:54
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BEagle
 
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As the famous Buccaneer pilot Bruce Chapple once said "Buccaneers weren't built, they were quarried! You don't go over hills, you go through them - and you look for things to ram!"

Yes, I was indeed referring to a new build (or quarrying).

By the way, the Mosquito thing has been somewhat exaggerated. An acceptable wartime design but with major low speed handling and asymmetric issues which wouldn't be acceptable today.

I don't think that many would consider going to war in a 'plastic plane' - the A-10 is a much better choice for the role to which you refer. Even if it is pig ugly!
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