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john Szalay (john.szalayatatt.net) 2017/01/16 12:03

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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:o5j2mq01eiu@drn.newsguy.com:

> In article <i5io7cdsd3nkmbnptfhmmfp3tph9r9v3p0@4ax.com>, joet5 says...
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> What's on the wingtips?  They don't look like aux typical fuel tanks
> and Google says little.
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> They look like small jet engines.
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> ...anyone care to guess?
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> *
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WA982 was modified to flight test the Rolls-Royce R.B.93 Soar lightweight
jet engines. These were mounted at the wing tips

REF:

http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=20323

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