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Old 17th Feb 2017, 20:59
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Chris Scott
 
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Quotes from India Four Two:
"I also noticed that you were probably on a downwind leg, rather than final."

Do try to pay attention, double-oh-seven...

And:
"Dave, never mind the wing fence - what are those bulbous objects on the trailing edge? Special drag-inducing bullets?"

'Sixties boat fairings, as Dave says, which evolved into what you see on Airbuses today. Don't know why they were so rounded at the trailing edge though. As no one has produced another aerodrome yet, but at risk of competing with the "Which aircraft?" thread, this photo was taken from another 1-11/200 a few days earlier, while taxiing for take-off at Turnhouse with, from the look of it, 8-deg of flap set:


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