EX Ba Aircraft used for Riot Training on Hounslow Heath
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EX Ba Aircraft used for Riot Training on Hounslow Heath
Hi All,
I am assuming that there will be some people here who are from Hounslow (either now or in the past) Am I imagining it, or was an ex BA Trident (or possibly a BAC 1-11) sent to the police riot training school on Hounslow Heath in the late 80's? Is it still there?
I am sure that I saw it when I was landing at LHR and was subsequently told the story behind it?
I am assuming that there will be some people here who are from Hounslow (either now or in the past) Am I imagining it, or was an ex BA Trident (or possibly a BAC 1-11) sent to the police riot training school on Hounslow Heath in the late 80's? Is it still there?
I am sure that I saw it when I was landing at LHR and was subsequently told the story behind it?
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Might it have been ZK? - http://www.zulukilo.org.uk/
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Actually it was Fox Kilo
Hi,
It was a Trident 2E, G-AVFK - she was used as an anti-terrorist training airframe by the Met. Police and, it was reported, by our 'masked friends' from Hereford.
She was later moved to RAF Valley in 1996; some speculate that this move was to provide easier access from the aforementioned English town near the Welsh border; but I thought I once read that they had their own Trident fuselage (not sure which one).
Anyway here she is in full Terrorist busting trim...
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true
Cheers
It was a Trident 2E, G-AVFK - she was used as an anti-terrorist training airframe by the Met. Police and, it was reported, by our 'masked friends' from Hereford.
She was later moved to RAF Valley in 1996; some speculate that this move was to provide easier access from the aforementioned English town near the Welsh border; but I thought I once read that they had their own Trident fuselage (not sure which one).
Anyway here she is in full Terrorist busting trim...
http://www.airliners.net/search/phot...nct_entry=true
Cheers
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Airliner in a wood?
Here is a link to a probable hijack & terrorist traning location
http://tinyurl.com/mgdjt
This is in Gilbert's Hill Wood near Hereford so I don't suppose it was flown in!
http://tinyurl.com/mgdjt
This is in Gilbert's Hill Wood near Hereford so I don't suppose it was flown in!