Here’s part of the flyer for the event being given out at the museum.
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Will Elvis be Marshalling or running a burger van I wonder? 😀

That’s my photo on the Flyer.:cool: I’ll be there.

I have all the information you need. Apart from always having a soft spot for the type I have been building a model for Flightsim.

You need to choose what you want as there are different cockpit glazings, main cabin window arrangements and in the case of four aircraft, a smaller repositioned passenger door.

Operators were

Air Charter
Air Ferry
British Air Ferries
British United Air Ferries
Channel Air Bridge
Cie Air Transport (France)
Lambair (Canada)
Midland Air Cargo
SABENA (Belgium but UK registered)
Silver City

Some of these operators have several liveries or just variations

Garry

Regret, Lambair and Air Ferry operated Freighter Mk.31s, not Superfreighter Mk.32s.

Great thread David! Yes indeed, a couple of the RAF’s Comet Mk.2s were given dayglo trim and designated as T.2 trainers for a short while.
I am very proud of the fact that as an ATC cadet, I managed to have flown on XK699 (now on Lyneham’s main gate) as well as ALL FIVE of 216 Squadron’s Comet 4Cs, as well as on XS235 when in service with A&AEE!
I published an article and photos in the October 1992 issue of Aircraft Illustrated and my Avatar shows the front cover photo I took from the ramp of a C-130 earlier the same day.

I flew the last RNZAF Sunderland of 5 Sqn from Lauthala Bay Fiji to Hobsonville New Zealand on the 2 April 1967. Sadly on arrival at the Hobsonville sea base there was not a sole to welcome this final flight of the type which had served not only NZ so well but the South Pacific area in SAR and general support and communications.

Would that be the RNZAF Sunderland now preserved at the MOTAT Museum collection?

Who recalls the flypasts they put on at Boscombe to mark the 50th anniversary?

Remember and weep…

I was there on the preview day and actual day- weather was dreadful for both – 17/18th March 1971. Should have been there on the previous Wednesday as I understand it was gin clear for the rehearsals. Fantastic formations – where else could you see a Beverley, two Hastings and a C-130K in one formation? Also two Sea Vixens, a Meteor NF13 and Buccaneer in another, whilst the ejection seat trials Canberra fired a dummy in the air!

Well done Steve. I was there on 14th (Queen’s Day) and on 15th(Public Day) at Abingdon June 1968. The station-keeping was better on the public day.
What I would like to know is, were these the same pilots/aircraft that flew a “50” formation over Farnbrough during the SBAC show in September that year?

There is a book entitled “The Long Drag” that was published a few years ago detailing the history of RAF target towing. It’s still available in Australia, so it’s most likely still around in England. It details some of the 3 CAACU aircraft and a whole lot more.

Keith Gaff
Secretary
Friends of the RAAF Museum

I have that book and also several references to 3/4 CAACU aircraft in various books on the Meteor. I can confirm that the last THREE Mosquitos in service with the RAF were with 3 CAACU at Exeter and wore the silver & dayglo-striped scheme with black/yellow undersides when they were retired from service late in 1963. There was an article on them in Air Pictorial around that time, which I’ll dig out. I am responsible for researching the Mosquito TT.35 model for Corgi, so have several pics. The Meteors and Vampires did serve until 1971, but don’t think they adopted the grey finish. The Meteor TT.20s had two patterns of dayglo though and I have several colour slides of them, although no topside shots to confirm roundel size.