ETPS, RAE and IAM Hunter photo request

Sorry for dragging up an old thread but the following link suggests XL563 for sale:

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17313&sid=f6354c19fa45f2bac3aa9cb716f62642

Mr Ross, is there any chance you could send me the ISBN of Testing colours?
Both my brother and I are Ex R.A.E. apprentices. I have a copy of the book and he want’s one too!!.
I was in “A shed” the day XE531 crashed. It was on the way to Holm-on-spalding moor for some testing by Bae. I for some reason decided to ignore it going and do some home work instead!. The accident report said that a compressor disc had burst, cutting the aircraft in two and at that hight there was only one thing the pilots could do!!!
Years later I actualy bumped into the pilot who at the time was flying for B.A.
Rgds Cking

Very nice 🙂

Hi

slightly O/T – but here’s another Hunter testbed – Swiss AF J-4013

Martin

XE601 Whoooshhhh! I took this on her 40th birthday!!

Mark, they’re all in my book “Testing Colours”.

Here are a few R & D Hunters taken at Greenham Common in 1976
1 XF375 Hunter F6 ETPS
2 XE531 Hunter T12 RAE. Sadly this beautiful aircraft was destroyed in an accident shortly after.
3 XL563 Hunter T7 Institute of Aviation Medicine
4 XL612 Hunter T7 ETPS
5 XF321 Hunter T7 RAE Bedford

I have loads in UK, may have a copy of 601 using her tanks with me, will check later after work