Classic British Flight Sim

Kevin Farnell wrote:

Garry Russell wrote:
The RAF used to use a Herk W2..with a long probe

Garry

I believe it was affectionately known as 'Snoopy'.

Kevin

Dear old 'Snoopy' indeed, lived at Boscombe Down, was believed to be being converted to a flying test bed for the A400M engine at Marshall's,
although other sources say it was either sold to the Dutch after conversion to a H-3 (stretched) Herk; or went back to RAF as a 'shortie' C1 to replace the one shot down in Iraq.

http://www.marshallaerospace.com/newmen ... .asp?ID=34

Whatever, it was a unique airframe and should have been preserved

ttfn

Pete

Garry Russell wrote: The RAF used to use a Herk W2..with a long probe

Garry

Oh I remember that they called it Snoopy Memeber she was flying with news channels on borad during the Total Eclispe , Now we have a BAe 146 flying the job. Great shots there aswel.

James

I really don't want to buy FSX, but those shots really are great. I just love the VFR scenery. It looks so great.

Motormouse wrote:
Dear old 'Snoopy' indeed, lived at Boscombe Down, was believed to be being converted to a flying test bed for the A400M engine at Marshall's,
although other sources say it was either sold to the Dutch after conversion to a H-3 (stretched) Herk; or went back to RAF as a 'shortie' C1 to replace the one shot down in Iraq.

The original intention was to convert her back to a standard configuration for the Dutch, but she has indeed ended up with Marshalls for the A400M tests.

http://www.marshallaerospace.com/

AndyG

Thanks for the update Andy.

Maybe her life as a testbed will be a long one

Garry

And this seems to be one of the functions of her replacement:

http://www.faam.ac.uk/