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"With the perspex nose it could be a T4 or B6 or any of several others. "
You're joking, right? T.4's were the only Cans not to have a perspex nose (also the 9's).
It's WH725, Duxford's undistiguished B.2.
You're joking, right? T.4's were the only Cans not to have a perspex nose (also the 9's).
It's WH725, Duxford's undistiguished B.2.
Well the 'T4' at Farnbnrough had a perspex nose, but you've reminded me it was probably a hybrid. RAE were good at these, until they tried to graft an EE built nose onto a fuselage built elsewhere (Armstrong -Whitworths?) and found it wouldn't fit!
Sorry haven't a clue - it was too long ago and I'm not anorak enough to collect reggies. All I can remember was I was told it was hybrid; assembled to enable as many seats as possible for trials use. Course the person who told me could have been having me on; I've no way of knowing! Sorry
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Course the person who told me could have been having me on; I've no way of knowing! Sorry
If you don't know then why did you bother to give a response at all?
With Canberras it was easy to change the cockpit section in toto at the transport joint (very "modular" aircraft were Canberras - a design years ahead of its time albeit using WWII technolgy). There were several B.2 types "converted" to T.4s this way, and vice versa. It was probably this scheme that you heard about. But when converted they would still not have had a glazed nose.
Anyway, it's still WH725 in the picture.
If you don't know then why did you bother to give a response at all?
With Canberras it was easy to change the cockpit section in toto at the transport joint (very "modular" aircraft were Canberras - a design years ahead of its time albeit using WWII technolgy). There were several B.2 types "converted" to T.4s this way, and vice versa. It was probably this scheme that you heard about. But when converted they would still not have had a glazed nose.
Anyway, it's still WH725 in the picture.
