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Originally Posted by Osem
Surely the problem is not with the planes but with the MOD which seemingly takes so long to recognise and then properly address potential safety issues.
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looking at this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...re/7326714.stm
you may have a point
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American Hercules planes have been fitted with ESF since the 1960s and Australian Hercules planes also have it.
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The AAR problems in the Nimrod had been apparently noted, but not logged as a 'problem' with groundcrew
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7390471.stm
I thought the telling comment in that article was this
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An RAF Board of Inquiry (BoI) report into the incident concluded that ageing components and a lack of modern fire suppressants were among the "contributory factors" leading to the accident.
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- hindsight is always 20/20 but I hope we can learn from these incidents & address the simple things that can help the most ...
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Originally Posted by slowcoach
I know. 
I remember when Comet’s were dropping out of the sky, first versions had larger than usual windows (so the passengers could have a better view) and this weakened the fuselage structure.
Once normal sized windows were fitted to later models it cured the problem of the fuselage tearing open. 
When I was young there seemed to be new aircraft announced every other week, mind you we did have a lot of aircraft manufacturers then, it being just after WW11.
On a trip to Blackpool I remember seeing the English Electric P1 at Warton, it looked very futuristic at the time.
A few years ago I gave some programming tutorials to the Saudi's stationed at Warton, I was shown round the Euro Fighter which to me didn’t look all that impressive compared to my all time favourite the AVRO Vulcan. |
Not as much was known about 'metal fatigue' in alloys, then, shame it took those accidents to teach some of the basics
But
the two aircraft that have always 'done it' for me were the 'Lightning' & the 'Vulcan' - not necessarily the P1, but the Lightning would still give many modern planes a race on rate of climb
- The restored Vulcan XH558 might actually get me to an air show, this year, hopefully
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/7393785.stm