holty
September 12, 2006 at 9:57 pm

warton 12th sept.

1st visit of the week was a bit of a let down really…pc9, twin prop boscombe down thingy, DA2 with a single paveway and a 29 sqn full burner take off…. saw 2 typhoons and a hawk in primer being towed around but nothing else…

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By: holty - 13th September 2006 at 15:30

thanks guys..

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By: Arm Waver - 13th September 2006 at 15:03

Funnily we inmates of Boscombe Down (note use of airfield name – saves remembering what we are called this week :rolleyes: ) call it a Chieftain.

Becuase the family were originally Navajo and this version was called the Navajo Chieftan originally but these days just shortened to Chieftan…. 😀
[smug mode on] see here… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-31_Navajo [smug mode off]

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By: Aeronut - 13th September 2006 at 12:44

. The twin is a Navajo (one of them thar Piper PA.31-350 versions I think.
The RAE (or qinetiq or what ever they are today) use it for a commms/crew shuttle.

Funnily we inmates of Boscombe Down (note use of airfield name – saves remembering what we are called this week :rolleyes: ) call it a Chieftain.

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By: Arm Waver - 13th September 2006 at 12:22

Nice shots there holty.
I will have to pop over to Warton when I hopefully move up that way.

You need to brush up on your Air Rec matey. The twin is a Navajo (one of them thar Piper PA.31-350 versions I think.
The RAE (or qinetiq or what ever they are today) use it for a commms/crew shuttle.

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By: neal h - 12th September 2006 at 22:12

Nice pics though.

Neal