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XV208 was a C130K C1 operated by No 48 Sqn RAF at Changi, Singapore. The aircraft returned to the UK in 1973 with a damaged main spar. It was repaired and modified by Marshalls of Cambridge into the C130 W2 better know as SNOOPY. It was based at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough from 1974 where it joined the existing Canberra PR3. The Canberra ceased experimental work in 1980 and Snoopy remained at Farnborough until experimental flying ceased; it then moved to Boscombe Down where it was operated by DERA until the aircraft was taken out of service in April 2001. A new aircraft G-LUXE, the original BAe146, entered service with FAAM in 2003 and is operated by a civilian crew.
Snoopy - Farnborough late 70s
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Snoopy - XV208
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Ramp open showing removeable Equipment Bay
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Navigator Station
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Scientist Station 1
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Scientist Station 2
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The Sharp End
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Formation with Cranfield Research Aircraft
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MRF C130 and NASA Convair 990 crews and scientists on steps of 'Galileo' NASA Research Aircraft . The Came trials included radiometer calibration for future use on weather satellites. 'Galileo' was destroyed in a fire on take-off 2 years later.
Exercise Came Barbados 1983
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MRF Aircrew Badge
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work in the Bermuda Triangle 83  |
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1983 QSL Card
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The Replacement Aircraft G-LUXE (photo BAe Systems)
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