Meteor F.3 EE311 was written-off when it ditched in Helen Bay Lake on 29 June 1946.
HTH

The first RAF F-111 squadrons were going to be based at Honington. How many F-111 squadrons might the RAF have had ? What would the squadron numbers have been ? Where were the other likely bases ? Would they still have been in service today (like the RAAF aircraft) ?

Excellent photos Martin. Thanks for posting them.

BBC4 had a very good programme this week on British Rail and steam trains in the 1950s and there’s plenty of aviation material to work with from this period – the Comet and in a wider sense the development of jet airliners, the RAF in the 1950s (V-bombers, Suez, 1957 defence white paper), the aircraft industry successes and failures (Brabazon, Princess, Britannia, Viscount). Another area that would have plenty of material to work with is British missile developments.

One thing that can almost be guaranteed is that the MoD will make a complete mess of the speccing and acquisition process of any RAF Chinook upgrade programme.

After all they’ve such a spectacular past record of incomptenence and waste in this area.

Has anyone an idea as to why the ETPS / QinetiQ should want to fly a couple of Mi-17s ?

Surely there are enough surplus Sea Kings around.

Very sad news indeed for the aviation historical research community. Ray was responsible for some very fine books which are now standard reference works on RAF and FAA history. He will be greatly missed.

Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

The first commercial jet to land at McMurdo was Modern Air Transport Convair 990 N5615 “Polar Byrd 1” on 22 November 1968, carrying 60 American tourists on a round the world tour.