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Old 28th Feb 2014, 12:56
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Just to add a couple of corrections


"Don't think they ever did - they flew from Holme on Spalding Moor, having got there by truck in large chunks."

No, they folded the wings, fitted a pair of main wheels in lieu of the flight cleared ones, retracted the nose gear, attached a towing arm to the catapult hold down and towed them backwards along the roads from Brough to HOSM (or Driffield for a short while while HOSM's runway was being resurfaced) The prototype NA39 was taken on the back of a truck to Bedford, would have been a bit of a drag towing it all the way down there.


"It was a bit hairy as if they missed the wire they would have gone into the Main Offices helpfully built across the end of the runway."

Early attempt at elf and safety. The aircrew had practised at Lossiemouth and had no issue landing in rather less than the length of Brough's runway. The powers that be insisted on the installation of a portable arrestor gear. They would have needed a significant application of power to park it anywhere near the main offices


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