Manston and Chattenden 16/05/2003
A double visit into Kent was arranged around the superb Fire School at Manston followed by the fascinating EOD school at Chattenden Main targets were the soon to be scrapped ex-Colerne Bulldog at Manston, plus the reclusive Sioux at Chattenden Despite a clear morning, the weather clouded over to a typical British May, but this didn't put a damper on the visits, or the sociable lunch stop between locations
Listing
Manston | ||||
Fire School | ||||
XV864 | Buccaneer S2B | 208 Sqn marks (crash rescue training) | ||
XX655 | Bulldog T1 | Wrecked | ||
WK124 | CR | Canberra TT18 | 100 Sqn marks | |
XS714 | P | Dominie T1 | ||
1146 | XW870 | F | Gazelle HT3 | Red/white RAF training scheme |
XW922 | Harrier GR3 | Inverted | ||
XZ966 | Harrier GR3 | |||
XV411 | L | Phantom FGR2 | 19 Sqn marks | |
ZE360 | O | Phantom F-4J(UK) | 74 Sqn marks (crash rescue training) | |
XR503 | Wessex HC2 | Raspberry ripple fuselage, olive drab boom | ||
International Airport | ||||
C-172 | CL604 Challenger | Royal Danish Air Force, visiting | ||
3H1625 | G-BXVZ | Iskra | Ex SP-DOF | |
194555 | G-DELF | 12 | L-29 | Soviet AF marks, ex ES-YLM |
RA44514 | 48 | Yak-52 | ||
30010 | 441, G-BTFG | Stearman Kaydett | USNavy markings, red overall | |
History Museum | ||||
XV352 | Buccaneer S2B | Cockpit | ||
WT205 | Canberra B15 | Cockpit | ||
WP772 | Chipmunk T10 | |||
XA231 | Grasshopper TX1 | |||
XG226 | Hunter F6A | Cockpit | ||
WD646 | Meteor TT20 | Wears "WD615" | ||
XD857 | Valiant B(K)1 | Cockpit | ||
XL190 | Victor K2 | Cockpit | ||
XS482 | Wessex HU5 | Being painted in RAF yellow SAR scheme | ||
XJ727 | L | Whirlwind HAR10 | ||
XN380 | Whirlwind HAS7 | Stored outside, yellow RAF SAR scheme | ||
Chattenden | ||||
PAC/W8083 | XM410 | Jet Provost T3 | Olive drab scheme, wings detached | |
XT907 | W | Phantom FGR2 | 74 Sqn marks | |
XT133 | Sioux AH1 | |||
Ohka II | Suspended from ceiling inside a building |