Jan. 26th, 2011

major_clanger: Clangers (Royal Mail stamp) (MoS)
Having just read Damien Burke's superb new book on the TSR2, which comprehensively debunks the pervasive myth that the partly-completed airframes were dragged out and trashed as soon as possible, it's ironic to find that exactly that fate is befalling the recently-cancelled Nimrod MRA4s:

BBC: Nimrod aircraft scrapped at Stockport BAE factory

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