Originally Posted by
Gulfstreamaviator
Why not buy a few, pop some bubble wrap on end that might touch aircraft, and invest the balance of the budget in Euro Lottery.
Does anyone remember the old steel step ladders, painted blue before tone-down, weighed a ton?
Replaced overnight by shiney new aluminium ones? No idea of costs in those days but the first thing we knew was when the damn things got airborne in the venturi under to Vulcan.