Yorkshire Air Museum last year

[Earl Marischal]

Thought these might be of interest.

Thanks for looking.

steve

 

[Snake45]

Cool! Not too many Mosquitos around anymore. I think they just got two flying in the last year or so.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Interesting to see a Nimrod MR2 as well. I didn't realize any had been preserved. And last time I saw a Victor flying was during the Falklands conflict in the K2 tanker variation.

[Earl Marischal]

Here's a couple more

steve

[Ace-Garageguy]

What is that crazy thing with the counter-rotating props, big belly, and double-folded wings? I thought I knew airplanes, but I've never seen anything like that before...

[Xingu]

What is that crazy thing with the counter-rotating props, big belly, and double-folded wings? I thought I knew airplanes, but I've never seen anything like that before...

That is the only one I think I recognize. I think it is a Gannet.

[Ace-Garageguy]

That is the only one I think I recognize. I think it is a Gannet.

Yes, I did some digging. She's at least based on a Fairy Gannet AS-4 / ECM-6, but I've never seen that belly-pod...

Aha. She's an AEW-3 variant...