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Thread ID: 126358	2012-08-23 01:02:00	And they are still broken.	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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1296300	2012-08-24 01:25:00	Ahhhhh. The P80 Shooting Star. What a lovely, clean design that little plane was. Looked clean even with the wing tanks fitted. The F86 Sabre which followed seemed an ungainly mess in comparison.	Richard (739)
1296301	2012-08-24 01:41:00	<snip> The Viper and Mamba <snip> What about the double Mamba - and the lovely, sleek airplane that went with it? :p	Nick G (16709)
1296302	2012-08-24 02:06:00	What about the double Mamba - and the lovely, sleek airplane that went with it? :p You mean the Fairey Gannet ? :) en.wikipedia.org I just found this interesting historical reference: SP-4306 Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology, history.nasa.gov	Terry Porritt (14)
1296303	2012-08-24 05:30:00	The early American jet engines were based on Whittle designs and then RR designs like the Derwent. One of the first was the General Electric J31 later developed by GE and Allison into the J33 which powered the Lockheed P80. It probably had an A or B sized pump but later engines would have had the C size. The Viper and Mamba which go back to the 40s I think had the A size pump, but that was before my time, I think later Vipers used the C pump. You are most likely confusing early fuel systems like "Single Pump Pressure Control Systems" used on the Viper to much later hydro-mechanical 'all in one' CASC, or Combined Acceleration and Speed Control units. I would go with C series Lucas fuel pump the letter used in another word explains Lucas much better. Viper 680 was in production into the 90s.	prefect (6291)
1296304	2012-08-24 06:44:00	You mean the Fairey Gannet ? :) en.wikipedia.org Yup, that's the one.	Nick G (16709)
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