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Old 24th Apr 2012, 14:09
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I think that the timelines are getting a little confused in all of this. The Belfast order was placed in 1960. The RAF C-130s were ordered as a result of the cancellation of the HS681 project in 1965. And the most significant IMF loan needed by the UK that I can recall happened in 1976 - there may have been others but none, I'm sure, that had a bearing on the acquisition of transport aircraft for the RAF.
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