Originally Posted by
Planemike
Ambassador 1 G-AKRD passed to Rolls Royce at Hucknall in December 55. it first flew as the RR Tyne testbed in August 58 marked G-37-3. It was used as a RR Dart testbed in 61. Scrapped at Hucknall in October 69.
Thanks planemike glad to know some of my memory still hangs on. Didnt realize the Ashton hung on that long it must only have been scrapped when I went to work for RR in 1969