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Old 30th Nov 2012, 14:09
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'All the 237 OCU Buccs were G limited to less than normal and maybe this is why BEagle recall this limitation. The whole OCU fleet was a rare old mixture of airframes and models. We still had the last one with out a bomb bay tank (2A or B not sure). It always caused confusion on the line. Most, but not all of them had the wing fold inhibited and I think two but definatly 1 had done foam strip landings at Manston. I went down to recover it.'

The OCU Buccs were not G limited to less than normal. The problem BEagle referred to was to avoid roll yaw coupling. The OCU fleet post the Red Flag accident was not a mixture - they were all 2As. None, to my recollection had the wingfold inhibited, certainly not for any length of time. I can't recollect any foamed landings at Manston. Other than that, a reasonably accurate posting!
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