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Doctor Drivel
 
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Default OT Spitfire and the BBC reporting


"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:02:55 GMT, Guy King wrote:

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| The Brabazon project did fall out of the sky.
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|Not 'arf as much as Comets.

The RAF took over the Comet airframes and flew them for years, and
derivatives went on flying for even more years.


Yep. The Nimrod. Still flying I believe.