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Old 17th Oct 2016, 22:35
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Offchocks
 
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I had a look for further information on this lovely looking aircraft and was quite surprised by the high attrition rate, just over half of the 76 built were destroyed in accidents. Another thing that surprised me was that each aircraft required up to a 1,000 maintenance hours per flying hour. I guess that being part of the early development of jet aircraft would explain this.
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