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Re: Twenty Tempest IIs were exported, what happened to them?
Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Apr 19, 2002 02:16:33 PM
In reply top Re: Twenty Tempest IIs were exported, what happened to them? posted by Tom on Wed Apr 10, 2002 05:08:06 PM
: Sorry for the gripe ;) it's just that I'd got Tempest over
: exposure that night, damn wing root fairings were doing me
: nut. Well they're finished now and I'm on to the 'fun' ta
: sk of removing the horizontal stabilizer fairings, you nee
: d VERY thin arms and be prepared for multiple stab wounds,
: you don't do this job for the money ;)
:
: Tom ;)
I hope fervently that someone who has some influence with Kermit (maybe you have?) will persuade him to give it some public flying exposure in UK before he takes it back home. Apart from the magnificence of seeing such a beast flying, I'm desperate to hear what a Sabre sounds like ! Logic suggests that, as a baby and young lad, I must have heard some, but I have no recollection.