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Old 30th October 2011, 16:41
Graham Boak Graham Boak is offline
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Re: Vought SBU and Curtiss SOC

That sounds like a description of the Jet Provost - increasing the throttle increases the noise rather than the speed! More seriously, I don't see it as a drag factor, but a matter of allowances, and there are good reasons to suppose that Naval allowances could be higher than Air Force ones,
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