Stepwilk,

I’d suggest a look at PAF archives regarding Alam’s mission. If you want to do a serious article, I think that speculation is probably not the best way to start. I’m not saying that Alam’s claim (or PAF records even) would give the correct account, but they would at least give an idea of what he claimed and might even reveal that over the years his claims have been stated in error.

It would not be the first time.

Mk.VIII I-SPIT, Manston 1986:

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Spitfire I X4650, Duxford 2011:

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I posted something similar last year when the final remains of the Avro Factory was being demolished for houses.

Ditto Filton’s runway and the old Rolls-Royce site: both now OK’d for redevelopment. Plans under ‘Horizon 38’ etc.

A correction or two if I may; The UK was not a partner when Airbus was formed, HS was subcontracted to do the A300 wing because HMG refused to invest. The UK only became a partner at start of the A320.

A330-40 is not produced in the US, only A320. The UK passed by the opertunity to build the A320 in favour of investing in property in the early 90’s……..Roland

Vega: thanks for the corrections: appreciate the inside detail. Not wishing to start a sh*tfight, but from Wiki (which may well be its usual dubious self): “Hawker Siddeley (which merged with British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977 to form British Aerospace) was part of the first Airbus project, the Airbus A300. The British government withdrew support in 1969 but Hawker Siddeley was allowed to continue as supplier of the aircraft’s wings due to the advanced stages of design and the reluctance of other nations to take over the wing design.” That was my understanding of it all, but I stand to be corrected.