by Xplumberlives » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:46 am
The Last paragraph;
The new aircraft was pieced together by the Finnish defence contractor Patria. The high-tech fighters are very expensive - the reassembly job alone cost about 15 million euros. It was dubbed the Frankenplane, according to a classic character from horror literature, who was likewise assembled from spare parts. With the crash in Juupajoki the Frankenplane also goes down in aviation history as a rare veteran of in-flight mishaps.
Intriguing!
"All modern aircraft have 4 dimensions: span, length, height and politics.
TSR-2 simply got the first 3 right. ”
— Sir Sydney Camm