So it seems that the utter incompetence of 't Bungling Baron Waste o' Space has been outed by the Torygraph at last.....
"This is exactly the sort of problem you encounter when you are involved in a project like this," said the spokesman. "We are in discussions with our customer and we are looking at what length of delay this will cause."
Those have to be 't werrds of 't Baron himself!
But interestingly, the Sunday Times isn't quite so melodramatic, referring instead to their 'sources' who say that problems arose in fitting the new engines and wings to the aircraft because of 'slight differences in the dimensions of each plane'
Test flights of the re-engined aircraft were to start before the end of the year, but are now unlikely to take place before the second half of 2003.
BWoS alleges that the latest delay was for extra strengthening to the wings of the first three development aircraft:
“These are development aircraft, and the point of building them was to uncover problems like this. The wing-strengthening work is minor”
The Sunday Times also says that the MoD confirmed the delay but was satisfied that no “major technical difficulties” had been identified. “There has been significant progress with other aspects of the programme and we remain committed to it,” the MoD was reported to have said.
Even if you believed that Elvis was still alive, you just wouldn't believe this tale of woe if it wasn't true.......
Meanwhile, how's the TypHoon coming along.....
Last edited by BEagle; 3rd Nov 2002 at 10:34.