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Re: Questions: Sea Hawk, Spitfire, Lancaster and Halifax
Posted by david j burke on Tue Nov 12, 2002 05:16:50 PM
In reply top Questions: Sea Hawk, Spitfire, Lancaster and Halifax posted by Paul McMillan on Tue Nov 12, 2002 03:09:28 PM
The Halifax tailplane was built with a wooden spar for ease of manufacture but unfortunately it wasn't strong enough to take the weight of the tail fins.