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Re:The de Havilland Comet changed aviation for good by gaius on Sunday April 09, 2017 @01:37PM (#14073377)
Following the cancellation, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox used the Nimrod MRA4 procurement as an example of the worst of MOD procurement performance

Ah those innocent days, before the QE carriers and the F35 made that look like mere pocket change.

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Re:The de Havilland Comet changed aviation for good by rjsw on Sunday April 09, 2017 @01:53PM (#14073463)
I thought the consensus was that the construction of the carriers had gone really well.
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Re:The de Havilland Comet changed aviation for good by gaius on Sunday April 09, 2017 @02:01PM (#14073504)
They were supposed to have finished their sea trials by now.

Also they were supposed to be convertible to cats & traps at the drop of a hat, which would have allowed the UK to procure a non-BAe fighter to fly off them, couldn't have that...

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