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Re: Typhoon cockpit photo

Posted by Ron Henry on Wed Sep 04, 2002 01:49:12 PM

In reply top Re: Typhoon cockpit photo posted by Dave Robinson on Wed Sep 04, 2002 05:11:44 AM

: I believe that officially the RAF still owned MN235 even w
: hen it was in the US, it was loaned for evaluation but som
: eone may be able to tell me differently. Therefore the Hu
: rricane would probably have been a sweetener for the swap
: but may not have been necessary if push came to shove!!!

I really don't know the terms of the RAFM's good fortune - it's now quite a while ago. I have it in the back of my mind that the Typhoon had moved on from the USAF to the Smithsonian's safekeeping. If a Hurricane was involved, which one was it?

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