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Old 7th Jan 2010, 19:24
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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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