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Old 19th Feb 2017, 20:43
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El Bunto
 
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I know it barely counts as a 'fast' jet, but the stacked Avons on the Shorts Sperrin were arranged thusly to enable the wing spars to run uninterrupted from root to tip, passing aft of and between the engines, whereas on the other V-bombers a double-banjo or holes in the spars were required.
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