FAO Farnborough Spotters
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LotusOmega375D said:
...Seriously does anyone know when they were retired from active service at Middle Wallop?...
XP820 was retired in 1989...http://www.army.mod.uk/aviation/36910.aspx
...I'd imagine that they would all have gone from service around that time.
Of the AAC fleet, there are 3 preserved at Middle Wallop, 11 written off in service, the bulk of the remainder (42 total airframes purchased?) were sold on the civilian market. I can see that they might have been in some demand, having gone out of production in 1967. 1,657 built in total, first flown in 1947. Still operational in large numbers around the world, some converted to turboprop engines (but they don't look as nice!)
Busy morning for Wildcat/Lynx movements over Farnborough.
A single a/c London-bound following the M3 this morning, then another (same one) about an hour later, Odiham-bound, again following the M3 and directly over my house.
Then a pair London-bound at about 1145hrs, same route, London-bound along the northern edge of the M3.
It's usually Chinooks rattling my windows, or Apaches making a racket but seeming to get nowhere in a hurry. By comparison the Wildcats (twin horizontal tail surfaces and obvious upturned high-level exhausts mean Wildcat not Lynx?) are pretty quiet in comparison.
I know the FAA/RN retired the last of their Lynx fleet earlier this year, and the AAC retain their later, upgraded Lynx AH9A helicopters until 2019 I think. The a/c I saw this morning were a pale grey colour, does that make them Navy or Army a/c, or are they now painted similar colours?
A single a/c London-bound following the M3 this morning, then another (same one) about an hour later, Odiham-bound, again following the M3 and directly over my house.
Then a pair London-bound at about 1145hrs, same route, London-bound along the northern edge of the M3.
It's usually Chinooks rattling my windows, or Apaches making a racket but seeming to get nowhere in a hurry. By comparison the Wildcats (twin horizontal tail surfaces and obvious upturned high-level exhausts mean Wildcat not Lynx?) are pretty quiet in comparison.
I know the FAA/RN retired the last of their Lynx fleet earlier this year, and the AAC retain their later, upgraded Lynx AH9A helicopters until 2019 I think. The a/c I saw this morning were a pale grey colour, does that make them Navy or Army a/c, or are they now painted similar colours?
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