Why did some of the civil-registered aircraft used by military sports parachute clubs also allocated military serials? (The RAF Sports Parachute Association’s BN-2T G-DIVE was ZB503, for example, and G-WOTG was ZF444. Why? Were there any others?)
What radar did the ‘Platypus’ ASTOR Islander (G-DLRA/ZG989) use? Why did the aircraft then get a spherical radome like the AEW Defender? Did this mark a change of radar to Skymaster, or something else, or just an antenna change? What does it have now, and what’s it being used for?
Who was the AEW Islander/Defender aimed at?
Is it true that the single AFWF Islander has “joined its brethren with No.1 Flight at RAF Aldergrove”? When did this happen?
What will happen to the Islanders at RAF Aldergrove when Op Banner ends in August 07?
What is the operating unit for the three new Defender AL1s? Is it 651 Squadron? Is 651 really notionally at Odiham?
There’s a very nice picture of one of the new Defenders at
http://www.ukar.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=14473;hl=defender
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August 22, 2006 at 1:05 pm