alisoncc
16th Sep 2010, 20:48
An acquaintance recently wrote on an air force forum:
Whilst at Gan in 1967 a Victor landed with a fire in its tail. Full of curio I tried to have a look at it, but was ushered away by a snowdrop. Eventually when things died down I managed a good gander when "THEY" were working on it. The bomb bay of the Victor was non existant, in fact it looked like a fish that had had its gut area torn away. Mounted in the bomb bay was a rather large (jet ?) engine.
Any clues as to what it was all about? It has been suggested that it may have been Blue Steel, but this has been discounted as the "engine" appeared to have been "uncased".
Whilst at Gan in 1967 a Victor landed with a fire in its tail. Full of curio I tried to have a look at it, but was ushered away by a snowdrop. Eventually when things died down I managed a good gander when "THEY" were working on it. The bomb bay of the Victor was non existant, in fact it looked like a fish that had had its gut area torn away. Mounted in the bomb bay was a rather large (jet ?) engine.
Any clues as to what it was all about? It has been suggested that it may have been Blue Steel, but this has been discounted as the "engine" appeared to have been "uncased".