Hello
As XX914 is definately the RAE VC-10 but after reading the article in Feb issue of Jets Monthly about the military Comets, there is a bit in there referring to ex BOAC Comet 4 G-APDP becoming XX914 in 1973 for the RAE and the being scrapped in 1984 – I think this is wrong, any comments?
Dave
By: DaveF68 - 23rd February 2012 at 21:39
They have mixed the serial with XX944, an ex-Dan Air comet used by the RAE for two years then withdrawn due to corrosion.
By: pagen01 - 23rd February 2012 at 21:38
Looks like a typo, Comet 4 G-APDP became XX944 for the RAE, http://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=2&typeid=246
By: wavodavo - 23rd February 2012 at 21:36
Definately wrong! I think someone has been mixed up with Comet XV814!!
I thought that too but theres a different bit about XV814.
By: pagen01 - 23rd February 2012 at 21:30
XX914 was the RAE VC-10, ex G-ATDJ and ended its days as a traning aid at Brize.
XV814 was an RAE Comet 4, ex G-APDF, known as the Comrod due to the Nimrod fin fillet, it was still flying into the eraly 1990s, scrapped in ’97 I believe.
By: Phantom Phil - 23rd February 2012 at 20:44
Definately wrong! I think someone has been mixed up with Comet XV814!!
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February 23, 2012 at 8:41 pm