Former RAF Queen’s Flight Heron XM296 – now registered N82D on promotion tour for the ‘Young Marines’…
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=82D
By: Snoopy7422 - 11th June 2012 at 12:22
Heros?
Lovely to see this still flying. What is a ‘Heros’ though…?????:)
By: wieesso - 11th June 2012 at 12:09
Wasn’t this the one with all the FOX news anchors pictures painted on it and W Bush ads?
Guess, yes! c/n 14130
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/7/1/1709171.jpg
May 15, 2010
http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1255416F.jpg
September 15, 2010
By: Newforest - 6th June 2012 at 15:48
Wasn’t this the one with all the FOX news anchors pictures painted on it and W Bush ads?
Maybe.
By: J Boyle - 6th June 2012 at 15:39
Hopefully it will find its way back to the UK at some point.
BTW: I don’t see a Bush ad on it. or photos on it.
It looks like an owner addition, not a paid ad by Fox news.
People can do what they want to with their property…it’s a free country.
By: David Burke - 6th June 2012 at 12:10
Not correct Bruce – Heron N82D was only at Staverton for about three years before it was exported by air to the U.S . It has flown most of the time in the States in its former FAA markings . The machine you must be refering to is G-HRON which was at Staverton stored in a hangar for probably fifteeen years .
That was exported to the U.S a few years ago and is thought to be under rebuild using a former HATS Heron as spare parts.
Heron N82D is the last surviving Queens Flight machine in original D.H form .
By: Fouga23 - 6th June 2012 at 11:50
Wasn’t this the one with all the FOX news anchors pictures painted on it and W Bush ads?
By: Bruce - 6th June 2012 at 10:04
Well, it was abandoned at Staverton for many years, with no one showing an interest. Good that it is flying again!
Bruce
By: David Burke - 6th June 2012 at 10:01
It was offered to the FAAM and turned down ! It really should have been preserved in the U.K .
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