But we still have Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Chipmunk & DC-3 :\

Bob,

nobody likes change, except wet babies.

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Don't hang about do they :uhoh:

that's not a dominie:)

That's a Jetstream.

Hastings were around until 1977, certainly saw one flying at the Coningsby air show that year.

Also had the pleasure of ground running the one at Newark Air Museum a few years later.

I know, I never said it was. :O

Yup one was at the RAF at Home Day...(remember those LOL) at St Athans late summer of 1976

Lukeafb1 wrote

Still around. Some images from last month at the following link. A Dominie was noted on the 14th December going low level in Wales.

Photo Search Results | Airliners.net

TJ

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I love it when the MoD proof read items on the interwebby thingy - it makes them look so professional.l

When I joined, we still had Valettas and Whistling Wheelbarrows, and Vulcans,Victors,Valliants...etc, etc but it was in 1963 :ok:

XS714 'P' was scrapped in 1994 owing to corrosion and fatigue cracks.

What remains of her (fuselage section) now resides at the Fire School at Manston.

Dominie Colours
 

Diablo Rouge

Don't think the (DH125) Dominie ever wore yellow training bands. We had one or two at Stradishall in early 1966 that were silver overall with orange Dayglo nose and tail.

I agree with all the above sentiments regarding the Dominie, but I doubt I am alone when I shudder, thinking about the relative hell of LLTS, trying to do my 6min, 5min etc ETA calculations, occasionally being 'tapped' on the head with a nav ruler, trying to find that damned last fix before the target in amongst that radar soup!
The 3ship end of course OTF however....:E

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1053982M.jpg

Le Bourget 1965 at about the time Dominie entered service. Looks like kitwe is correct regarding yellow go-faster stripes.

I think the VC10 is going 2013 with the Tristar if Im not mistaken.

Grim picture come 2014 and the end of Afghan

About time they got rid of that POS.

Horrible little aeroplane with only one bloody VOR at the front!

As for the 'organ-grinder' ADFs . . .

The upgrade aircraft (introduced in 1996) had twin digital VOR/DME, digital ADF, TACAN, RADAR repeater and side stick controller up front.

Still had the crappy Mk2 Artificial Horizon though.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/a...FlightDeck.jpg

Blimey - doesn't look much like the aircraft I managed 850 hours in.

Mind you they were quite safe by then . . . Chris H had gone (ex VC10 captain who lost his scraper on the journey from BZZ to FY) - he used to scream 'I hate this f***ing aeroplane' and pounded the glareshield (I think it was to assist the vibrator in the altimeter).

I thought he was testing my CRM (before we called it that).

Mind you, it did allow us to sleep in our own beds at night and leave the suitcase in the loft.

Still got the little square cans for the engine oil?

Oil Cans
 

Still carry them around, refilled every day since the start, well engineered bits of kit.

Lose Merlin... Yeah right as if that will ever happen, only getting 12 Chinooks to replace 26 Merlins and with less Puma 2's coming, after a scathing SDSR... CHF will go!