Raspberry Ripple Anyone ?
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To be fair, the Tucano has never appeared in full raspberry ripple, only the CFS red and white. There was a VC10 with a partial ripple scheme which flew out of Bedford with the RAE many moons ago and also an early R&D Nimrod with a partial scheme. Both had the classic red fins.
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There's a list of what became known as Raspberry Ripples (The MOD PE fleet) here:
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There's a list of what became known as Raspberry Ripples (The MOD PE fleet) here:
View topic - Raspberry Ripples - the ultimate list??
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only fair...
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Cheiftens
Were the Piper P51 cheiftens not in keeping? They offered a fantastic service when I was working on a mod for Snoopy out of EWAU @ Wyton. used to ring a Mrs Wright up at Bedford. Report to Air Traffic at the given hour. hop on and get to Farnborough in around 25 minutes. Beats the outer london car park any day. when it was being built it could have taken 4 hrs in MT past the film studios, Denham junction etc.
Always arrived in good time to have my Dad show me around what was going on in the hangar. Burp tips in Puma, VAAC harrier, the Seaking with kestral, several Viscounts and Canberras. BAC 1-11 with various noses.
Recall the Glider on the Caption Competition a while back- had a moment like that. The captain turned around and mouthed "have you S#it? His pipe was still alight in his map pocket!
Always arrived in good time to have my Dad show me around what was going on in the hangar. Burp tips in Puma, VAAC harrier, the Seaking with kestral, several Viscounts and Canberras. BAC 1-11 with various noses.
Recall the Glider on the Caption Competition a while back- had a moment like that. The captain turned around and mouthed "have you S#it? His pipe was still alight in his map pocket!
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Heres a couple of JP's I've photographed in recent years. I did see the 6FTS scheme at Finningley, I believe in the mid 70's and liked the colours as soon as I saw it. This was taken at Waddingtons airshow after she was retired from RAF service.
Again this JP was photographed after retirement at Fairford.
Came very close to getting a flight in a JP, one of the captains in the US airline I worked for brought an ex 6FTS aircraft and told me I was welcome to fly with him should I visit the US. But he sold it a few years later as it was a little expensive to run.
Again this JP was photographed after retirement at Fairford.
Came very close to getting a flight in a JP, one of the captains in the US airline I worked for brought an ex 6FTS aircraft and told me I was welcome to fly with him should I visit the US. But he sold it a few years later as it was a little expensive to run.
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