One of Herefords A109s flying low and fast W to E along the northern edge of the Black Mountains on Friday.

V. Unusual as they were all retired two years ago – one is at the FAA Museum store, one at AAC Museum store (Awaiting permission from DGSF to be displayed) and the other two are in use as instructional airframes!

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=104

Could it have been one of their Dauphins?

http://www.eliteukforces.info/8-flight/

It could be the RAF is the RAFM, and they are not talking because they are trying to recover it?

On the tanker, they took 3.5 feet off the end of each wing to reduce wing loading/stress, from 120 feet to 113 feet

The B1 had wingspan if 110 feet, but I suspect some of the increase between the 1 & 2 was in the engine area

Thanks AT – I think I’ve seen the first before somewhere, but certainly never seen as good a shot as the second one.

This is quite a good one too:

http://www.thexhunters.com/

Heading south on the M6 about 3pm today, just south of the SCottish Border, what I THINK was a Vampire T cockpit – just got a fleeting look as I was going in the other direction.

It appeared to be green in colour – any clues?

I was advised that as the MOD is operating under reduced staffing levels as a result of government decisions they have had to evaluate licence costs/benefits to the taxpayer on that basis. Furthermore there has been a change in policy and the MOD do not expect to licence standalone decals going forward, nor to renew any existing licence

So do you mean that they won’t object to anyone making decals, or that they will not licence them (Thus killing the trade)?

I know they trademarked all the RAF logos etc a few years back, but had a big case with Ben Sherman about the roundel.

Skyraider – did your material have any RAF titling or badges that weren’t on the aircraft (e.g. in inserts or similar?)