I have sent motorcycle spares to Ascension Island in the ’80’s in a Victor being rotated. I was just back from my stint there and was helping out one of the locals.

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Have they rebuilt the Aurora?

Lightnings, very little. Jags, a pod and ammo boxes. Buccaneers, bomb bay. Victor, no 4 freight bay and bomb aimers position.

RAF Swinderby?

I know, that’s what I said on post #7. I speak from personal experience of course………

Then after the next flight your spare engines will also require an overhaul. Looks like your whole fleet will be grounded in no time.

That is why the ‘Elephant House’ was built so the engines could be overhauled and ground-run on base. It was a refreshing change for me to see, quiet, clean and ergonomically well established, quite a change from my Spey days……..

The JT8D was advertised due to it’s modular construction of ‘100,000 hrs on the wing’. The fact that most modules had been changed a couple of times leaving only the diffuser casing with the serial number on the wing was a minor consideration…………………

The variable thrust nozzle might not be replaced but I’d imagine that combustion chambers and turbine components would. Also simple things like bearings, high energy igniters, pumps etc….

The life-extending blade cooling system is not new. The single-crystal components, again not new but indeed improved. The materials have also been improved. RR used a variety of nimonic alloys at the start of reheat. Nimonic 75, Nimonic 80 and C263 alloys. All of different metals and compositions. What they use now I don’t have any info over, yet…………..

There are some indication, that the 117S engine on Su-35S has a similar thrust setting.

AB = 14.000kgf
Full AB = 14.500kgf

What is the max dry thrust?