--- In Whitley_project@ yahoogroups. co.uk, "biddly01" <biddly01@.. .> wrote:
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> Hi Elliot, I've just joined the site. My dad was a rear gunner in Whitleys during the war. I have a technical question for you. The wings were very thick and were set set mid-way up the fuselage. What happened to the main spar when it reached the fuselage? Did it pass straight through to the other side? I have never seen a picture of this aspect of design, so I don't know. It seems to me, that if the main spar does directly connect both the engines, this would provide the strongest and most stable platform, but how would anybody get from the front of the fuselage to the rear except by climbing through or perhaps over the spar? The only other way I can think of is to have the spars from both wings fitted to a kind of roll cage inside the fuselage. I notice that there was also a fuel tank in the top of the fuselage approximately where the wings join, which is a further complication. Thanks.
> Brian Gill
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