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Old 21st Jan 2011, 07:56
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A little off the (interesting & enlightening) technical discussion, but what is the current situation with the A380 involved ?.

Is she still in Singapore ?. Will she be fully repaired there, or patched up & flown to France for full repairs ? Or is she unrepairable given the substantial wing damage and machined tapered thickness slab construction of the wing skin ?, - (mentioned & youtube illustrated many threads ago).

I recently read a book entitled "The Somerset & Dorset Railway, Then and Now" by Mac Hawkins. An interesting comment is made regarding Winsor Hill Tunnel (Near Shepton Mallet), which was used, in 1968, after the line was closed and lines lifted, by Rolls Royce for destructive tests on the Olympus engine destined for Concorde.

To quote the book, "Up to the late 1980's the tunnel's portals were obscured by massive steel doors, built a little in front of the stonework and supported by a frame. These where constructed as an anti-blast measure by Rolls Royce in 1968, who used the tunnel for destructive tests on the Olympus engine for Concorde. They ran an engine without oil, expecting it to blow up within 20 minutes or so, but in the event it laster for well over two hours !. The tunnel's use for this purpose was only over a few days, planning permission having been sought from Shepton Mallet RDC as a matter of course, in case an explosion caused a change in the local topography"
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