Classic RAF aircraft

[juddy]

Classic Aircraft operated by the RAF



Whirlwind HAS-22


CIERWA W-9


Shorts Sturgeon


Nimrod AEW-3


BAC221


Handley Page Manx


Handley Page HP115


Armstrong Whitworth AW 52


Shorts SB3




Shorts SB6


Buccaneer MK2


Gannet AEW 3


Shackleton MK2


Gannet COD 4


Shorts Sc5 Belfast


Blackburn B101 Beverly


TSR.2


TSR.2


Vulcan





Victor B.2


Vickers Valiant B1


Jagura GR Mk1


Hunter F.6A


Phantom


Phantom




Bristol T-188


Bristol Tudor 8


Bristol Type 173


Bristol T-188


Avro Tudor 8

[p38arover]

The Phantom and the Whirlwind were not British. The Whirlwind was a licenced build of a Sikorsky S55 (albeit heavily modified to British standards).

What is the first aircraft? No caption on it or the image further down.

[juddy]

The Phantom and the Whirlwind were not British. The Whirlwind was a licenced build of a Sikorsky S55 (albeit heavily modified to British standards).

What is the first aircraft? No caption on it or the image further down.

Correct, i never said they were Uk made, Just classic RAF types....



Short S.A.4 Sperrin (VX158)

[p38arover]

I thought it may have been a Short build - it had that look.

[juddy]

I thought it may have been a Short build - it had that look.

At least in those days the planes looked very different, unlike now.....

[JDNSW]

Some of them, as the markings clearly show, were RN, not RAF - and quite a few of them were not exactly "operated" - by the RAF, rather they were prototypes that were tested by the RAF, although I suspect some of them, even if designed with the RAF in mind, never saw an RAF pilot in the cockpit!

John

[p38arover]

Funny out of all of them, only a couple looked "right" :

The Hunter and the Vulcan.

[juddy]

Funny out of all of them, only a couple looked "right" :

The Hunter and the Vulcan.

And funny both still flying...

[Bushie]

Some of them, as the markings clearly show, were RN, not RAF - and quite a few of them were not exactly "operated" - by the RAF, rather they were prototypes that were tested by the RAF, although I suspect some of them, even if designed with the RAF in mind, never saw an RAF pilot in the cockpit!

John

My memories as a kid in the UK during the 60s was that the TSR2 was scrapped with only one or two prototypes ever flying, you could buy bits of the TSR2s as keyrings etc after it was scrapped.

I remember it was certainly a very unpopular decision at the time. (not that I understood too much about politics). Seemed that there was a lot of discussion about it being too advanced and a lot of pressure from the US to abandon the project. True ? - who knows



Martyn

[VladTepes]

Funny out of all of them, only a couple looked "right" :

The Hunter and the Vulcan.

I love the V-bombers and the Vulcan was the best of them.




That Shorts Belfast is a huge thing too.

There's just one left flying.. owned by HeavyLift

The thing can carry a Hercules fuselage inside it !

I had the privilege of a "tour" of it, and the only post 1960s electronics on board was a GPS velcroed to the dash !