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12th May 2011, 22:41

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Better names too.

Hmm - Fortress - Superfortress - Stratofortress - do I detect something of a fortress mentality here?

All those "wimpy" curves allowed the Victor to slip through Mach 1 like a knife through butter if you were inattentive enough to let it.

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