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DarrenL
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Re: Best of British

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In 2011 at UKMFTS Culdrose 9 T2s of 750 NAS are due to be replaced by 4 Beech King Air 350s.

But as they say about plans...............

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DarrenL wrote:In 2011 at UKMFTS Culdrose 9 T2s of 750 NAS are due to be replaced by 4 Beech King Air 350s.

But as they say about plans...............
The Avengers (King Air 350s) have already started arriving. :)
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Avengers hey.. nice name if nothing else ;)

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Re: Best of British

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T3s operated by the Heron Flight out of Yeovilton
The T3s were prematurely retired in about '07/'08, allegedly because OC Strike had a hissy fit at getting out of an aircraft with ROYAL NAVY written down the side, they were tasked as part of the general transport pool so if they were suitable for the job they did it. According to at least one of the pilots there was no cost saving involved as the expense in getting short notice charters/seats to fill in the gaps the T3s could cover cost more than running the T3s.
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on a Positive note -- Most of the design team on the AV8B were expat's -- I know my father was one of them.....



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3 of the T3's are at Cranwell and 1 at Shawbury, stored, not flown for the last 2 years and sold to a Sussex based spares/breaking company.
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Re: Best of British

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The BAe hawk is the only British built aircraft that comes into my mind. Probably others that I don't know about.

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