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Tucanos
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 8:30 pm
by freebird
Gents
Is there any truth in the story that the two based Tucanos are due to be wfu this week?
Cheers
Freebird
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:07 pm
by Helo425
Yes, this week or next. Lots of changes coming I’ve heard.
C-130, Gazelles and the Griffin all to go in the coming months.. Alpha earlier this year, will there be anything left soon.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:40 pm
by david14
Sad stuff really - does anybody know what happened to their Alpha Jets?
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 7:33 am
by MRTT
Believe they're all stored at Boscombe.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:10 pm
by Helo425
I’m told the very last Tucano flight is this week (believed Friday).
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:18 pm
by 100arw
Basset XS743 up today on PlanePlotter.
P.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 12:45 pm
by POL
The Basset was withdrawn in 2014..!
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:31 pm
by Helo425
I’m sure the Basset was broken up years ago and is in bits on the airfield somewhere.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:45 am
by freebird
I see ZF510 is out and about today with c/s ETP 04.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:37 pm
by Vulcan7
Helo425 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:31 pm
I’m sure the Basset was broken up years ago and is in bits on the airfield somewhere.
'Bertie' was given to the training school as a training aid and remains in one piece
. The Chieftain, however, had her wings cut off and was stored over the south western end of the airfield for some time.
Re: Tucanos
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:52 pm
by Mike
Vulcan7 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:37 pm
Helo425 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 14, 2018 1:31 pm
I’m sure the Basset was broken up years ago and is in bits on the airfield somewhere.
'Bertie' was given to the training school as a training aid and remains in one piece
. The Chieftain, however, had her wings cut off and was stored over the south western end of the airfield for some time.
Their other Basset (XS742) was scrapped at Boscombe in 1983.
Were they actually Bassets though? I always thought that their designation was the Beagle B206Z which were pre-production Bassets, the first "real" Basset was XS765.