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six turning, four burning

Horrible design. Someone got paid off.
I don't know, ten years of active service in a time period of great turmoil and aircraft design turn over seems like some sort of accomplishment. However the maintenance of two engine types on the same aircraft does seem impracticable by today's standards.


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