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Old 29th Jul 2021, 18:27
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SLXOwft
 
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Originally Posted by DuckDodgers
At least it's not a Hunter
It's only 70 years and 9 days since the Hunter's first flight ...

Presumably there are also savings from the end of 736 NAS. With the move to more simulation and the variation it can offer I suspect the question of real, as opposed to virtual, red air will be parked until the Tranche 1 Typhoons are about to be retired.

Nerd question: do RAFAT still operate a T1A only fleet? Allows hair splitters to get away with "All T1s ..."

Last bit of Hawk nostalgia from me, XX163 was the first Hawk delivered to Valley on 04 November 1976 (with '162). Written off while allocated to the CFS on 01 July 1993. Instructor and student instructor ejected safely following a landing accident resulting in fire.

Here it is taxying in its 4 FTS days. (Scanned from a print so quality not great).


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