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Old 27th Apr 2012, 17:29
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The Bristol 188...
The thirst of the T188 was of neo-Oliver Reed level and made the Lightning seem positively frugal in comparison.

Mind you, the 250+KIAS VR in full blower must have looked dramatic! I spoke with a chap involved in the test programme recently and he said that the 20-25 min max flight duration barely gave them any worthwhile test results.
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