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Old 8th Jun 2009, 19:25
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Fly-by-Wife:
A further confirmation that the picture shows the entire VS & rudder assembly is that the start of the change in angle of the leading edge of the VS is clearly visible in the original photo (not so obvious in the extracted picture).
Indeed. It seems to me that people are not taking into account the foreshortened view of the assembly in the original photograph, caused by the angle from which the photos were taken.

If you look at the circle of European stars at the top of the stabiliser in the original photo, the "circle" appears as an ellipse with a major to minor axis ratio of about 2:1. Correct the perspective in Photoshop or similar to render the EU logo circular, and you will find that the assembly quite clearly appears complete with the correct profile for a 330 VS & rudder.
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