Never good to hear of a fleet retiring with no sign of a replacement:
Vulcan
PR9
Nimrod
Harrier
All had specific capabilities, whether strategic bombing, high level flexible photo reconnaissance (and no, drones have not taken over completely because they cannot go everywhere the PR9 could), maritime patrol or VTOL.
And now it's the end of the Dominie.
Back at the time of the 1977 Silver Jubilunacy flypast at Finningley, 12 raspberry ripple Learning Command aeroplanes were about to launch for a practice from Leeming.
"Why have some of those Dominies got grey noses?", enquired some visiting VSO who'd been let out of the MoD Box and had wandered oop north to watch the events.
"Because, sir, some of those Dominies are Jetstreams. If you look carefully, you'll see they've also got propellers!" announced some Spec Aircrew mate who wasn't totally impressed with the niff-naff and triv associated with the whole thing....
