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boredcounter

1st Dec 2003, 08:35

Two Q's that have bugged me for ages:

What the hell is the bar forward of the main gear on Concord for?
(I believe it may be there on other types) You cannot miss it on the cover of Airliner World Dec 03.

What was the 'spark plug' looking gismo on the top of Shaks for, aaaaah Lancaster, the only girl in aviation to have two ugly sisters......

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primreamer

2nd Dec 2003, 05:20

Can't answer your Shak question, but the bar forward of the main gear on Concorde is a water deflector.

boredcounter

3rd Dec 2003, 04:49

Thanks for taking the time to reply ,at least there goes one mystery.

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ragspanner

3rd Dec 2003, 22:07

I was given the 'wind up' explanation about the Shack' spark plug that it was for jump starting the engines!, but i believe that it is an HF antenna.

boredcounter

7th Dec 2003, 04:33

Cheers bud, heard the first as well, surely not........
Second seems mere likely.

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