Originally Posted by
taxydual
WJ916 (a VERY secret squirrel Varsity) used to flog the lanes. The only aircraft I've ever seen taxy into an empty hangar under it's own power.
Dave Forster & Chris Gidson's history of RAF Electronic Intelligence mentions WJ916 being used as a trials aircraft in 1974 for "
testing and proving systems in an airborne environment".
The Varsity was replaced by an Andover (XS 644) in 1977.