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Old 7th Aug 2017, 08:16
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Originally Posted by airpolice
I am only halfway through the report, but I keep wondering... if the YAK52 is such a good tool for the job, why didn't QQ just buy one, get it airworthy, and charge accordingly?

Because it would then become a 'familiar' type on the QinetiQ books! Maybe the Harvard switch positions should have had the facility to be changed over to Cyrillic (I'm being ironic). I know, the Harvard has now been sold and there's no chance of QinetiQ buying a Chippy or a Yak.
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