caz, this is old well tilled soil that I have no intention of re cultivating with you, other than to point out that whatever the Hercules was doing there it was doing with unprotected fuel tanks! WW2 Bombers by comparison were equipped with Nitrogen purged self sealing tanks at least (not sure if that was the state of the art and thus available for the Battles at the very start, someone?). The Airworthiness deficiencies of the Chinook were even more dire to the extent that whatever it was doing there it was doing out of control before it crashed IMHO. The standard of Airworthiness, as with all facets of Aviation, is one of continual development and improvement except in the case of the MOD where the reverse would seem to apply!
Last edited by Chugalug2; 30th Jul 2009 at 15:07.