Raspberry Ripple Anyone ?
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snoopy
Seeing the picture of Snoopy brought back memories. I went on a school trip from Swavesey to Marshall when she was being converted (MA were building the noses for Concorde at the time).
I also sat in the Mods Ctee meeting when they were discussing painting the cock on the tail. Lots of arguments over how big it should be - should not be bigger than the RAF roundel etc. went on for an hour. My bit on Secure comms took 10 mins!
Looks a sorry state sat at Marshall now the A400m engine test is over.
Coff- I don't know if it qualifies for the ripple tittle. I don't know if the red and white iconic nose has been preserved. It would have looked out of place on the FAAM 146.
I also sat in the Mods Ctee meeting when they were discussing painting the cock on the tail. Lots of arguments over how big it should be - should not be bigger than the RAF roundel etc. went on for an hour. My bit on Secure comms took 10 mins!
Looks a sorry state sat at Marshall now the A400m engine test is over.
Coff- I don't know if it qualifies for the ripple tittle. I don't know if the red and white iconic nose has been preserved. It would have looked out of place on the FAAM 146.
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Picture #37
There were two Alcock & Brown Raspberry Ripple Phantoms.
Anyone got a pic of them together ?
They were the first of the Barley Grey Phantoms.
regards
Howie
Anyone got a pic of them together ?
They were the first of the Barley Grey Phantoms.
regards
Howie
DA - and at the time (1969), having left the RAF for the first time, I was at Marshalls production controlling the first two Concorde noses that the firm designed and built. Some years later I was back in the RAF and ushering the AFB seats at the BoB Memorial Service in Westminster Abbey. Sir Arthur appeared and I started to show him to his seat. "Didn't you used to work for me?" he asked - I admitted that I had, and had turned down the offer of a better job with the firm. I wonder what would have been the outcome if I had stayed.
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Wonder - a number of the MA Design team came to work with us at EWAU after Concorde. We undertook a number of jobs on the C130 at Cambridge (FIMPA FIS and several I am forbidden to mention) I finished my time working out of the Airport but never worked for MA. I think the best thing at MA is the Canteen! I still get there every now and again to the RAeS Lectures. I even delivered one myself.
Apologies for the thread drift.
Apologies for the thread drift.
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HH93 ... There are a number of single pics on the Web ... not been able to find the pair ...
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The picture of the Alcock and Browne F4, is XV486 the back up aircraft. XV424 had a black sharks fin arial above the greek flag, that's how we could tell them apart.
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Thanks Coffman
For some reason I thought the other one was XV468 to make it look like a typo or something if one went U/S before a display somewhere.
We had Mr Barley visit once and they had been painted over by then but for some reason they were literary painted over - the Raspberry Ripple livery was showing though like VPL !! on one wing a large patch of red & blue was showing where the surface handn't been keyed properly.
They must have been quite heavier with all that extra paint on them.
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Howie
We had Mr Barley visit once and they had been painted over by then but for some reason they were literary painted over - the Raspberry Ripple livery was showing though like VPL !! on one wing a large patch of red & blue was showing where the surface handn't been keyed properly.
They must have been quite heavier with all that extra paint on them.
regards
Howie
