It was never an RAF Brit, and with XM496 already in this scheme, I would have prefered a re-paint of the former BOAC scheme, but the colours look good.....
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Britannia "XM497"
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Techy111
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Re: Britannia "XM497"
Wow....she looks great...what a beauty...shame they couldn't get the cheat line straight.... 
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Tony
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Re: Britannia "XM497"
Very nice, shame they couldn't have made the paint scheme accurate for the aircraft though 
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Nice enough shot but nothing extraordinary 
Given the Brit was going nowhere other than to scrap, I suppose the only thing that could be done was paint it in RAF colours. Wish EP was that clean :-(
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Given the Brit was going nowhere other than to scrap, I suppose the only thing that could be done was paint it in RAF colours. Wish EP was that clean :-(
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Re: Britannia "XM497"
Does nowt for me that scheme I'm afraid. Preferred her in her BOAC scheme.
Last saw it in Jan 2006
Last saw it in Jan 2006
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Re: Britannia "XM497"
Last time I went to Cosford (about 10 months ago), she was being repainted. There were, literally, people standing on her with paintbrushes in their hands.Chris558 wrote:It was never an RAF Brit, and with XM496 already in this scheme, I would have prefered a re-paint of the former BOAC scheme, but the colours look good.....
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Sorry
I think its a shame - making her look to be something she wasnt! :roll:
I much preferred her when she looked like this
Leif
I think its a shame - making her look to be something she wasnt! :roll:
I much preferred her when she looked like this
Leif
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Luton in the late 70s - I think - Keith James was delivering back to OM
I'm trying to remember whose photo it is - Ive used it as my desktop for a long time - I flew probably about 300-350 hours on Victor Fox - she was a nice beasty - light weight and fast plus the pressurization worked great on it.
Leif
I'm trying to remember whose photo it is - Ive used it as my desktop for a long time - I flew probably about 300-350 hours on Victor Fox - she was a nice beasty - light weight and fast plus the pressurization worked great on it.
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Is it me, or is that 'Royal Air Force Transport Command' legend above the windows a tad on the large size?
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