By: Dave Homewood - 27th January 2006 at 02:20
The Fleet Air Arm website certainly implies there is only one known Ripon extant
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Ripon.html
Guess the news I got coming are pretty good for the British at least then
What’s the news? Have you found another example?
By: Dave Homewood - 25th January 2006 at 22:27
Actually scrub that about the tails. I was getting confused with the Fairey Gordons the RNZAF operated, which had a variety of bigger and smaller tails, not the Baffin. Sorry.
By: Dave Homewood - 25th January 2006 at 22:22
I believe there were differences in the tail too. I am not certain and must look into the exact differences. I do know some of the Baffins the RNZAF had were ex-Ripons, and some of our fleet had large tails, some small.
By: MP703 - 25th January 2006 at 22:15
As far as I know the Ripon and Baffin were the same aircraft more or less. Royal Navy Ripons were equipped with Napier Lion inline engines and Finnish Air Force Ripons were equipped with radial engines. The Baffin was basically a Ripon with a radial Pegasus engine.
By: Grendel - 25th January 2006 at 21:19
Ours is the only one?
Oh my. Can anyone else confirm this? Guess the news I got coming are pretty good for the British at least then.
By: Dave Homewood - 22nd January 2006 at 21:39
My understanding is there’s only one in existence, in Finland. I’d be pleased to hear if there are more.
There is only one Blackburn Baffin too, the remains of which are owned by Charles Darby in Aucklnad, NZ.
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January 22, 2006 at 1:20 pm