Help select the 2016 king air display scheme
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It's a pity you can only vote thru Twitter... :-(
For those interested, see
https://twitter.com/RAFKingAir/statu...20109455273986
to vote for one of the below.
You will have to vote BEFORE 1200 hrs noon Thursday 14 January 2016 or even earlier!
https://twitter.com/RAFKingAir/statu...19320578031616
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For those interested, see
https://twitter.com/RAFKingAir/statu...20109455273986
to vote for one of the below.
You will have to vote BEFORE 1200 hrs noon Thursday 14 January 2016 or even earlier!
https://twitter.com/RAFKingAir/statu...19320578031616
has this:
Are they sure about the provenance of that white horizontal mark across the fin flash? Pictures of the Sopwith Camel from which it has clearly been derived seem to indicate that it was a temporary marking to cover up an incorrect (?) serial no. on the port side of the rudder, with the correct serial hand-painted on the fin. The starboard side shows the usual markings, with the serial no. superimposed on the rudder markings - see http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/117/pics/9_15.jpg
Pontius was probably around at the time, so will doubtless remember?
I think that it would look better without that white mark - and that the red, white and blue stripes on the fin and rudder should be of equal sizes.
Also the engine nacelles should be natural metal to the wing leading edge, as per the Camel. The orange colouring is presumably to commemorate the natural wood of the Camel and looks a bit out of place.
Who wants to watch a King Air display? To be honest, anything displayed by an RAF crew will be worth watching!
Pontius was probably around at the time, so will doubtless remember?
I think that it would look better without that white mark - and that the red, white and blue stripes on the fin and rudder should be of equal sizes.
Also the engine nacelles should be natural metal to the wing leading edge, as per the Camel. The orange colouring is presumably to commemorate the natural wood of the Camel and looks a bit out of place.
Who wants to watch a King Air display? To be honest, anything displayed by an RAF crew will be worth watching!
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Like the Camel scheme; what was the significance of the dumbbell marking?
Bit of a turnaround, the RAF displaying a KingAir while most of the jet displays performed by civvies.
Bit of a turnaround, the RAF displaying a KingAir while most of the jet displays performed by civvies.
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As there is no Hawk, Tutor or Tucano display these days I do. And some of the previous displays, particularly when Leon Creese was flying it to the sound of ELO's Mr. Blue Sky, showed it off quite well.
Who, on earth, wants to see a King Air being displayed?
Who, on earth, wants to see a King Air being displayed?
As for the paint schemes, not at all keen on the blood-splattered designs.
There is a photograph in John Rawlings's 'Fighter Squadrons of the RAF" showing a line up of 45's Camels with "S", B2494 being the odd one out with its serial roughly painted on the fin.
My guess is simply that B2494 was fitted with a rudder ( possibly "borrowed") from another aircraft in the field for whatever reason , such as a ground handling incident. This rudder serial of course then having been being painted over.
As such an early example of the long ongoing history of "Christmas Trees"and "Cannibalization" in the Service.
My guess is simply that B2494 was fitted with a rudder ( possibly "borrowed") from another aircraft in the field for whatever reason , such as a ground handling incident. This rudder serial of course then having been being painted over.
As such an early example of the long ongoing history of "Christmas Trees"and "Cannibalization" in the Service.
How about they plaster it with the per diem rates for all the good places for weekend boondog..... ahhh, I mean vital refresher overnight training sorties 
