I wonder if we are all looking in the wrong Place?

Not flown from Norwich, but every other flight from ‘down south’ routes up the West Coast.

Looks like it has the thickened reear end of the Hunter canopy

Tell that to MAM as they seem to think they will be struck by a bolt of lightning if they apply this to their Saudi Lighting!!!:eek:

Is this the Uk or Saudi Arabia?

Post conflict analysis of the Boeing 707 engagement suggested that even at launch, considering the targets heading, it never presented a valid target opportunity (by the way, that’s not suggesting the round should not have fired, as even a small change in heading could have changed the balance in favour of a successful engagement). Sea Dart is stressed for 30+g maneuvering and as such if a Boeing 707 is in the kill envelope it will not out maneuver the missile.

An interesting aside to this is that there was some surprise on the Argentine side (who were familiar with the system) that Exeter was able to take out the high flying Learjet, which was beleived to be flying outside the envelope of Sea Dart

Is there anything left of the experimental radar set up on 897, seem to remember it was for the Tornado programme?.

Looks like a Tornado F3 nose cone

An interesting report on the end of this RAF Catalina called ‘Katie’ on Diego Garcia in 1944.

http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/pby.html

Would this be the last surviving(!) RAF Catalina, or are there others?

I was once told that the Vulcan was surveyed as a launch vehicle for the Pegasus, but that an incorrct calculation on the MOD’s part as to carry-able load meant that they dismissed it as a possibility, when in fact it could have done the job.