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1. MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 7 Mar 1998 10:36:42 -0500; The TR4 was an evolution from the TR3 (which was designed in 1952!) whereas the MGB (designed in 1962!) was a clean sheet design (influenced, I believe, by the XKE). I beg your pardon. Don't discount; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00572.html (10,928 bytes)
2. Re: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 11:31:25 -0800; Gentlemen, don't forget the Brits, were first out with commercial jets also, they just forgot to pressurize them and then poof away they blew.; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00581.html (12,379 bytes)
3. Re: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 19:13:56 -0500; Actually, Fred, what they forgot to do (with the de Havilland "Comet") was build resiliance into the fuselage. The stress of pressurization cycles caused the body metal to fatigue ... and then they b; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00618.html (7,345 bytes)
4. RE: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:51:50 +0100; I thought it was the windows.... ie one of the "selling points" of that plane was the "picture window" arrangement, and it was these that failed, due to a large glass surface area and poor sealing aa; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00619.html (7,568 bytes)
5. Re: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 04:05:25 EST; The real reason that the Comet Broke up in flight was because the passenger cabin windows were too large and this therefore weakened both sides of the fuselage. This allowed small stress fractures to; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00677.html (7,019 bytes)
6. Re: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:14:53 +1300; aaron I still reckon it was one of the best looking things to ever fly. Remind anyone of Mg, all try-hard sex appeal and no substance?? Chris Rodgers MG disliker; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00681.html (7,366 bytes)
7. Re: MGB vs. Spitfire (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 07:50:57 -0500; Not according to my source. It says that the cabin windows were part of the problem, because they were square, not because they were too large. High tensile aluminum tends to fracture around right an; /html/triumphs/1998-03/msg00688.html (7,471 bytes)

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