Originally Posted by
barry lloyd
At the time, we did wonder why the delegation were taking all those notes.
I can only assume it was a list of 'Design aspects to avoid'.
The whole episode seems quite odd. The Soviets were quite capable of building efficient airframes which could operate from -40 to +50 Celsius but where they had problems was with long-life, efficient engines. I would have expected them to be sniffing around P&W Canada rather than an airframer in the UK.