(13 Apr 2026, 8:59 pm)PH - BQA wrote Ashington engineering have absolutely massacred the reliability of the 17-plate batch over the past 6 months or so, almost like they've been told they're moving elsewhere. From a batch which were pretty strong performers it's fairly common now for over half to be VOR on any given day. There are some which still seem fairly good, but some of them are up there with the Pulsars in how bad they are - 7545 one prime example.

Is there anything Ashington hasn't broke lately; sure a bit a Blyth magic will fix them.

It's arguably better than the alternative which is no doubt the 14/64 Plate E400's which Ashington have also ruined but there's a few of them which really are useless. Noticed a fair few 64 Plates have been spending their time on the 57/57A the past week or so.