At the end of my time in FT the scientific mob came up with two startling bits of research. One was that patches of this and patches of that worked as dazzle camouflage and that a solid colour gave a quick "shape" recognition of an aircraft. Black followed shortly thereafter.
The other was that years of assessment had shown that the only two factors that gave a predictable increase in the possibility of surviving RAF flying training were youth and previous flying experience.
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Dick
Ref the pic. I have all three in my log book. 3 (XM368) was, understandably, an early delivery, arriving at Syerston in late '59. 18 and 21 came in early '60
Last edited by Dick Whittingham; 11th Apr 2008 at 14:58.