On display in the static at the 1989 International Air Tattoo, this Sea King Mk.4X was operated by RAE Bedford. Now reported as in store at White Waltham. Note the very unusual radar beneath the nose.
Photo taken at the 1989 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, this Gloster Meteor D.16 'drone' was operated out of RAe Llanbedr. She is now listed as in store at the Bentwaters Cold War Museum.
On display in the static at the 1989 International Air Tattoo, this Canberra T.4 was operated by the MOD(PE) out of RAE Bedford. She has since been scrapped.
XP165 had been a training airframe at the RAE Farnborough Apprentice School, before being used by Marconi, Basildon, for trials of the 'Hele-Tele' surveillance system. Its remains ended up at Southend Airport in 1975, before coming to THM in 1985.
Before wearing this raspberry ripple scheme, in the early '70s, XM330 had a dark blue/grey overall c/s, with a white lightning bolt along the fuselage. The RAE Wessex is currently under restoration at THM.
XP984 was the last of 4 P.1127 Development Batch aircraft. With the Pegasus 5 engine and the revised swept-wing she effectively became an aerodynamic prototype for the Kestrel FGA.1. XP984 was damaged in a landing accident at Bedford on 31 October 1975.
WK800 made her last flight as a D.16 on 11 October, 2004. In her early life, she joined the RAAF’s 77 Squadron as A77-876. On return from the Korean War ‘876’ was converted to U.21 drone by Fairey Aviation at Bankstown, NSW, Australia.
In 1971 A77-876 returned to the UK taking up her former RAF identiy as WK800. Following equipment changes the U.21 was redesignated D.16 and used to train Jindivik controllers and for calibration flights.