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If it looks right, it is right."
Equally applicable to the maintenance world. Speaking as somebody who used to remove the nose on a frequent basis, then the tanks to remove the corrosion in the tank bay, the aircraft was almost unique for a UK design in that some thought had actually been given to maintenance procedures.
The structure was also "pretty robust " as we were involved in the original battle damage repair techiniques on the "decoys" at Bruggen...the plan was to use a standard fire axe as carried on board to make a hole..or two....despite the best efforts of several enthusiastic engineers.....the structure won.
This may prove reassuring to those who flew the beast....
