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Old 16th Aug 2011, 05:40
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dagenham
 
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It was supersonic in a dive

It also had aerodynamic weaknesses - the first prototype had a tailplane problem which lead to both wings clapping hands and all where lost in the following crash

What killed it after a fair few were built , but not put in to service, was not only polaris but the supercarrier ( nimitz class ?) programme and the fact the bomb bay doors sealong system was not massively reliable.

Cool programme none the less
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