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Originally Posted by camallison

During the Falklands conflict, they regularly went unserviceable, leading to a fully armed aircraft returning to the carrier. If they had a heavy bomb load, the weapons were jettisoned before attempting a landing.

Thanks, Colin, that does sound like a woeful performance. How on earth could that be allowed to be put into service?



G6 Tanuki: here's the link to the Nuvistor-based converter I built in 2009, in case you're interested.



This set does intrigue me with its concurrent use of silicon, Nuvistor and conventional valve - David, when you say '48' tubes, what's the full designation so I can look it up? Thanks