I saw the three 1989 shots Nutloose linked. I've also seen some more from 88. I cant understand why that RAF team in my post didn't know anything about C.MK1 probes. On the engineering front, non of the APs Vol1, Maint manual and Vol 3, catalogue of parts (IPC)had any probe details, No Sect/Ref So you couldn't demand any spares. No servicing plan.
It wasn't the 1st time something was overlooked, If you remember "control cable gate" where ALL the flying control cables were changed because they'd been left out of the servicing procedures, one shredded down route and the more they looked the more they found. All had to be changed when the our fleet was grounded, late 1983 or early 84,where ever they were, Ascension etc. . It was a nightmare. Imagine LSS with every available wall, table and floor space bags of every control cable required for every line VC10. Base looked after the two they had in.
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