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===Flight testing===
Early flight-testing of the Python was carried out using the [[Avro Lancaster|Lancaster B.1 (FE)]] ''[[United Kingdom military aircraft serials|TW911]]'' and the [[Avro Lincoln|Lincoln B.2]] ''RE339/G'', each aircraft having the two outboard [[Rolls-Royce Merlin]]s replaced by Pythons. Lincoln B.2 ''RF403'' also had two Pythons similarly installed and was used for high-altitude bombing trials at [[Woomera, South Australia]], the Pythons being used to increase the [[Flight ceiling|height]] from which tests could be carried out. These trials were principally of the ballistic casings for the Blue Danube atomic weapon, there being at the time no other suitable aircraft available that could accommodate the large weapon casing measuring 62 inches diameter x 24 feet in length, and carry it to the height required. Maximum release height and speed for the first eleven tests was 275 mph and 34'783 ft with a bombing error of 61 ft.<ref>The National Archives, London, file ES 1/44 E4C Appendix 3 page 1.</ref>
==Specifications (ASP.3)==
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