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Old 25th Mar 2016, 17:25
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Tinribs
 
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Victor fuel

Victor engines lived in paired nacelles so if one engine was lost it tended to throw bits into the intake of the other so in slow time shut down the engine next to the failed one
Victor built as a bomber so lots of fuel tanks in case of holes
With two engines shut down the electrics were badly short and half the fuel pumps unpowered so half the fuel became unavailable
At Gaydon 1962 engine failure shut the other one down. burn off fuel in the overhead , 60,000 lbs fuel half available 30,000 left. Some time later 45,000 lbs fuel hald available so 27,000 left. Some time later 30,000 lbs fuel half available///// quiet innit?
I joined Victors in 1966, they were still wondering how it happened
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