With the imminent retirement of the VC10 from RAF service, and the retirement of the Canberra back in 2006 and the recent replacement of the Jetstream with the King air, I believe that the 125 is the only aircraft that can be considered to be derived from one of the great names of the British aviation industry – and I began to wonder how long this aircraft may survive in the RAF.
Obviously the Dominie variant has been retired in recent years, which I believe means that the only ones left are those flying with 32 Squadron.
Anyone know whether or not the powers that be are planning on replacing these aircraft?
I believe that these are based on the -700 model with the Garrettt engines – so they aren’t by any stretch of the imagination the original variants, but even accepting that they must be relatively old these days.
Thoughts?
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August 3, 2013 at 2:20 pm