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Old 12th Sep 2010, 16:47
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I have been told that the standard RAF Hangars were indeed a design factor for many RAF aircraft including the Vulcan. Not sure about the Victor 2 that was 9 feet greater.

The hangars were extremely advanced buildings incorporating split power supplies and utilities, blast doors and blow out roofs. Trenchard, I was told, was keener to get the RAF Infrastructure right and in the right places too, knowing that new aircraft would be transient whereas the hangars would persist for a long time.

Shame Sir Basil Embrey didn't plan ahead when he concreted east Anglia.
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