Originally Posted by
patowalker
I found
this US website that mention the evaluation by the RAF.
The photo shows GMYFI, the first one delivered to the Ridge Runners at Halton. As I said, Ultralair were sent a photo of a Tucano when they asked what colour scheme was required and embarassingly when it turned up we found they had copied it a little too faithfully by adding the roundels and fin flashes!
I am not aware of any evaluation by Boscombe Down which would have not have been done by ETPS but by one of the evaluation sections, however many RAF pilots visiting Halton for various reasons were given the chance to have a go.