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Old 5th Sep 2014, 09:15
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NutherA2
 
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Tornado F3 could do that in 8 minutes and 12 seconds.
In 1956 I was impressed by the 12min 47sec my Hunter F1 would take to reach dry tanks at low level & full power. We weren't reheat assisted of course, so perhaps Neville Duke could have done better with the F3?
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