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Old 30th Dec 2012, 20:05
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mike rondot
 
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1964 and all that...

Dr Ivan Yates, who became TSR2 Chief Project Engineer at Warton, told me in recent conversation that the TSR2 wing was attached to the fuselage by "sprung bolts" to ease the problem of turbulence at low level and high IAS. In layman's terms that I could understand, the wing-to fuselage mounting was not rigid. Just one of the innovative design features of TSR2.

Here are some contemporary observations....

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and a recent piccie

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