Fin markings applied circa 1987 at RAF Chivenor to represent resident flying units and of past Hunter operators from the airfield. From left to right: black/yellow checkers of No.63 Squadron, 1 TWU badge and the red diamonds of No.234 Squadron.
Built as Hunter F.4, WT806 entered service with No.14 Squadron at RAF Oldenburg in April 1955. Later converted by Hawkers as Hunter GA.11. Seen here at Brunty with No.63 Squadron fighter bar.
This year, avoiding the catastrophe of others, the SEA PLANES of the Air Force arrive in the Canary Islands early, to be prepared in case of forest fires.
This Viggen last served with Flygflottilj 21 ‘Norbotten’ at Luleå-Kallax in Northern Sweden. Previously 37901 had served F13 at Norrköping and F10 at Ångelholm.
On 19 May 1951, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered Machtrainer prototype S.14/2 (PH-NDY) made her maiden flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol, in a KLu c/s and marked ‘K-1’. The aircraft transferred to the NLR in August 1961, registered PH-XIV.
Seen here, devoid of her NVA-LSK marks, ‘473’, one of 52 Typ 94K SPS-Ks, with a GP-9 gun pod under the centre line, entered service with JG-1 at Cottbus-Nord in April 1968, before transfer to the Militärtechnische Schule at Bad Düben as GIA in 1971.