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Old 5th Apr 2016, 17:46
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by Doors to Automatic
I always laugh about the T3 - designed to be longer with a greater capacity until someone realised it couldn't get off the ground!
Great story, but the realisation came as soon as the T2E had flown that the Spey 512 didn't have any growth potential that would allow 3 of them to power a stretch.
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