By: pagen01 - 8th October 2012 at 17:28
I would think Lee Howard on here would know a fair amount about them, and he is co author of ‘Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft since 1946’ which I would think is the best published source on individual and overall histories.
I remember them operating at Culdrose up to late ’80s (771 sqn possibly?), and saw XK895 19-CU at Kemble about three years ago.
I could never quite understand why the Navy replaced communications Sea Prince C.1/2, with similar vintage Sea Devon C.20 & Sea Heron C.20s?
Sea Devon C.20 XK895 19 CU Kemble 11 Aug 09 by jamtey71, on Flickr
Sea Devon C.20 XK895 19 CU Kemble 11 Aug 09 by jamtey71, on Flickr
By: Lazy8 - 8th October 2012 at 16:10
Just about everything there is published says ‘VIP and light transport’, or words to that effect. Which means it did all sorts of ad hoc jobs that probably didn’t get recorded much. I’m sure there’s someone on here with more information…
A while ago I found this:
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1976/dec/01/fishery-protection-naval-aircraft
Perhaps the only instance in history of the replacement for one prop aircraft being four big jets! :diablo:
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October 8, 2012 at 3:34 pm