207 Squadron photos

[TobyV]

Whilst searching for something utterly unrelated I turned up this which might be of interest:
http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/c ... apbook.htm

[Hot_Charlie]

Cracking photos.

Good Sqn, 207... ;-)

[Motormouse]

anyone else think it ironic that the devon outlasted the Bassett? (now there's a subject for a sim model)
anyhow,I think photo 58 was also taken at St Athan, chimneys are those of the Aberthaw cement works.

ttfn

Pete

[Hot_Charlie]

anyone else think it ironic that the devon outlasted the Bassett? (now there's a subject for a sim model)

Sort of - remembering there are still two Bassets at Boscombe Down.

As for sim models, peering in to the very dim and distant - Shigeru Tanaka?

http://www.fsimzone.com/images/stbaset4.jpg

[TSR2]

Are the boscome ones still flyiers? :think:

[Garry Russell]

The Devon outlasted as the Basset was terrible aeroplane

Hard to maintain and laid out like a nightmare

Also used to hit the prop tips when grass taxying

The 206 was only successful really in the US after they had their guts stripped out and had new wiring and equipement fitted

RAF wanted to dump the type vitually from the outset....it was just not up to the military demands in normal sqn service :-(

Garry

[Hot_Charlie]

Are the boscome ones still flyiers? :think:

IIRC they are used in the similar fashion to the ASTRA Hawks with ETPS. Sadly airliners.net only has half a dozen or so shots, the last in 2005, but I haven't heard anything else about them being retired.

This thread shows one on the 25th July 2008.

[Motormouse]

Bit OT, but back in the mob I once worked with a fellow techie who'd had a ..er..too close encounter
with the props of a Bassett while bending down to chock the nosewheels.

ttfn

Pete

[TSR2]

Are the boscome ones still flyiers? :think:

IIRC they are used in the similar fashion to the ASTRA Hawks with ETPS. Sadly airliners.net only has half a dozen or so shots, the last in 2005, but I haven't heard anything else about them being retired.

This thread shows one on the 25th July 2008.

Cheers for that Charile... think she looked better in white... RR just doen't lend itself to some a/c