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*"Raspberry Ripple" was the nickname for the colour scheme used on most MoD (PE) aircraft
Always thought this more appropriately described the red/white/grey RAF training colour scheme of the 70s and 80s. I've certainly never seen a raspberry ripple ice cream that included large amounts of Oxford blue!
Very true, I always wondered the same. Maybe XH897 (radome in particular) was the originator of the name and it stuck for the later colour scheme?
There's an old thread about what appeared in Raspberry Ripple, here:
http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-514312.html
Another thread here, lists all the registrations:
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=47826