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sharasec
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I contacted the Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer Association and got this reply
"From my recollection the wingtips were extended in about 1970 (800 Sqdn) to improve handling, but this led to a problem in 1980 when the RAF retired one at Nellis during Red Flag. After this several Mods were tested.
Mod.1736
'Modified'
- Smaller Wingtips
— Fitted to extend airframe flying hours by reducing wing-loading. Result of fatigue testing of
XN982
at HS Brough, to determine cause of the crash of
XV345
while participating in 'Red Flag 80' on 07/02/1980 - (Fatigue testing commenced Jun. 1982 - solution implimented to
specific
airframes from Aug.1989-onwards)"
They are going to put it a call out on their website tomorrow so you may get some replies. Hope this helps.
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