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Old 28th Sep 2014, 15:27
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Peter-RB
 
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I was at school in the Giggleswick area of Yorkshire and remember one of our science masters pointing out a white jet as it flew over going to or from Ingleborough Hill, I think its under cart was down,...

Much later on I found out my wife's father worked on it( the prototype) and then was seconded to Duxford for a few periods to remake damaged panels.

Harold Wilson, the Labour PM should have been shot for treason allowing that Aircraft to be scrapped, pressure from the yanks, we gave em the Jet engine, the fully moving tail plane, and they came back to pressure the gormless Labour Prime Minister who almost fell onto his knees to scrap this A/C..SAD

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