Raspberry Ripple Anyone ?

[AGS Man]

Don't have a piccy but I think the HP Hastings could be a candidate. Theres a T5 at Cosford TG511 which is partial but IIRC the BFDU at Bedford operated one into the 70s

[CoffmanStarter]

WasNaeMe ... If it's a Christmas Tree Phantom you want ? Then this must be the DB's

[Duplo]

Hey Clicker,

That's my old 6FTS display steed. The jet was painted for the 89 and 90 display seasons after winning the Wright Jubilee Trophy. A Mk5a with tip-tanks. Thanks for the phot..!

Duplo

[dragartist]

PA31

Photo United Kingdom - Air Force Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain ZF622

There it is - not sure how many they had. PA31 not 51 in my previous post. Must have been the drugs!

[Lightning Mate]

Hey Duplo.....

Here's mine from '76.

[Tinribs]

Rasberry Ripple

Don't forget the two Viscounts XT661 & 575

[Windy Militant]

The Old RAE ferry, it used to chug around from Farnborough to Aberporth, Llanbedr and West Freugh every Tuesday and Friday. Now in the Science Museum at Wroughton.

Picture from Science Museum Wiki.

[CoffmanStarter]

Thanks all ...

So I make this the list ?

Andover
BAC111
Basset
Buccaneer
Canberra & SC9
Comet
Dakota
Devon
Gnat
Harrier
Hawk
HS125
HS748
Hunter
Jaguar
Jet Provost
Jetstream
Meteor
Navajo
Phantom
Sea Vixen
Tornado ZA326
Twin Pioneer
Varsity
Viscount
Yak52

F3WMB ... I didn't include the Lightning ... not a total "Ripple" ... if you see what I mean

I've also excluded other non-ripples (no Blue) and the Canadian F-104.

Leon ... ZE907 is more of a Strawberry Mivvi than a Ripple

Helicopters

Gazelle
Lynx
Mi7
Puma
Scout
SH3/Sea King
Wessex

Thanks also for the "What If" plastic, CAD and drawn offerings ... but

Any more contenders ?

Coff.

[smujsmith]

Coff

I know it's mentioned, but a picture is worth a thousand words. This could qualify maybe ?

[BEagle]

Chipmunk
Bulldog
Husky

[Haraka]

Farnborough's Shack 3 (WR972) in it's later days ( I always associate it with Sqn Ldr T.. S.......)

[lightningmate]

Haraka,

The Shack 3 finished in early 1973, way before 'Raspberry Ripple' came to be. The Shack T4 went on for quite a bit longer but only had the addition of some orange colour enhancements aimed to improved its low-level conspicuity during use for the early electro-optical seeker programmes.

lm

[CoffmanStarter]

BEagle ... I'm not sure that a Chipmunk or Bulldog ever had the "blue" of the true Raspberry Ripple scheme ? Yes to Red, White, Grey and Black

I'm not aware that the Husky sported Blue as a colour when she was decked out in the RWGB Training Scheme.

But stand to be corrected

Coff.

[CoffmanStarter]

Thanks Smuj ... I think that's a "pass" as the scheme isn't a true "ripple"

[BEagle]

Learning Command used the term 'raspberry ripple' long before RAE, ETPS, DERA or KwintyKwoo started their red, white and blue colour scheme....

Anyway, whoever heard of a raspberry ripple with blue in it?

This thread is getting a bit spotterish...

[CoffmanStarter]

Fair do's ... but there are some really iconic aircraft here

Me spotty ... Nah ... I took the Penicillin early

[smujsmith]

Fair cop Coff, one day I'll get it right.

[PingDit]

[Haraka]

As Beags said it all depends on what you mean by "Raspberry Ripple". Certainly that was what we called the JP's when they came in to that scheme (a.k.a." ice cream wagon" , "milk shake" " stop me and buy one" ) at the Towers c. 1968-69.
Farnborough's Western Squadron's Shack 3 latterly had blue nacelles and fins with a blue cheatline and a white back , but admittedly not much red IIRC. The T4 ( also Western squadron, but not in the same scheme) was eventually flown up to a museum in Scotland, being sold for a sum of money less than the cost of the fuel left in its tanks on arrival ( allegedly ) . Happy days.

[MKIII]

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