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Old 10th Aug 2015, 11:18
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Jimlad1
 
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Just because the Victor / Buccaneer was a good bomber in the 1950s doesnt mean that nearly 60 years later it would be any good now.

I'm also curious as to how we'd build a plane designed using 1950s kit, technology and so on when all of this has been replaced by vastly more capable kit and technology. Presumably you'd want the upgraded version in service, so we get to build a 1950s plane and put 2015 technology in it, that it wasnt actually designed to carry or use?

Bluntly, your idea of new build victor / buccanneer is utter madness.
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