| RAY DOWN'S FRADU COLLECTION |
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"Ray Down lives in Somerset and used to work as a fitter on Hunters for Airwork at RNAS Yeovilton from 1972 to 1983.
He has sent me these excellent photos of FRADU and other interesting aircraft to put on this site."
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| Eight GA.11's parked on the RNAS Yeovilton apron. | A line up of T.8C's in March 1981 at Yeovilton | |
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| Inside one of the FRADU hangars during 1981. | An Avon 122 engine recently pulled from a Hunter T.8C. | |
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| GA.11 WT804 is the subject of a fire drill. | GA.11 XE682 awaits its next sortie. | |
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| How much damage can a birstrike do to an aircraft? This was inflicted on GA.11 XE682/835 and it ended its flying career. | |||
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| Two shots of GA.11 WV256 on the FRADU dispersal at Yeovilton | ||
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| T.7 XF310 fresh from delivery to FRADU, uncoded and in RAF colours. | T.8C WT799 on the ground at VLN. | |
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| T.8C WT799 airborne from Yeovilton. | GA.11 XE707 about to get airborne from RAF Leeming. | |
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| Ray sits on the tail of a FRADU GA.11. | ||
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| T.8C XF985 coming in to land | The third T.8M XL580 at Yeovilton | |
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| GA.11 XE685 carrying a rocket pack. | XE689 undergoing preparation for flight | |
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| Canberra TT.18 at VL in Sept 81. | Canberra TT.18 WJ614 coming in to land. | |
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| A T.22 Canberra at Yeovilton in Sept 81. | ||
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| A German Marine F-104 Starfighter pictured before and after the aircraft crashed at Yeovilton's Air Day 1979. The pilot was unfortunately killed. | ||
Ray Down lent all images shown above to myself.
If you wish to use these photos on another web-site you must first get his permission.
© Mark Russell, 1998-2020