Originally Posted by
HaveQuick2
Perhaps, but the original thread was about operational RAF aircraft. The Basset does NOT fit the criteria.
Bit of a moot point about 'operational'.
Does this refer to the aircraft that had, at some point in its life, been operational or one that is operational at the moment?
Clearly a Chippy that patrolled Berlin was operational but the role stopped a few years ago.
Then the Bassett was an operational aircraft when it was on the Comms Sqn, if you agree that 'operational' AT tasking was operational.
The PR9 was certainly operational until retired but 47 years is a red herring. When did those PR9s first fly?
The C130K and the VC10 are really the only aircraft in the frame is you define 'operational' as operational flying and still flying.