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Originally Posted by pre65
Anything that flies HAS to be designed to cope with very specific climatic conditions and nothing can be left to chance.
Even modern motor cars seem to be immune from the climatic vagaries that we have and don't suddenly break down when it gets cold/wet/hot/damp/freezing/dusty etc etc.
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I would agree with your comment re flying however I think you are being unfair to compare 70's design with modern cars. I recall having considerable problems with cars in winter conditions at that time. We have moved forward in winterising quite considerably since then.
The modern plane has been developed as the result of experience, sadly fatal in a number of cases.
History has proved that the basic design of the APT was not flawed which is why other manufacturers were happy to take it on, develop it and then sell it back to us!
Best wishes,
John H-T.