Date of Delivery - 05 June 1963 ( 1st known "GIN" show 6 years later )
Struck of Charge - 39 July 1976 and transported to No.1 SoTT Halton for Ground Instruction as 8498M - ( Last known show 7 years earlier )
Stored Hermeskeil Museum, Germany
Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com
PLEASE NOTE: the above dates refer to XR670's service in the RAF.
Another ( very reliable ) source tells me that XR670 arrived at Linton in April 69 ( 1st GIN Show - 2 months later ) & left in May 1970
XR670 was actually used by 2 JP teams. The last photo, below, shows her at a Macaws display, wearing their colours.
| Date | Venue | Pilot | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1969 | Upper Heyford | Dave Waddington | - |
| 28 June 1969 | York | Dave Waddington | - |
| 23 July 1969 | Arbroath | - | Spotted |
| 7 Sept 1969 | Thruxton | Dave Waddington | - |
| 19 Sept 1969 | Gaydon | Al Colesky | - |
| 20 Sept 1969 | Benson | Al Colesky | - |
This is me & my dad checking out his "office" in 1969.
Adrian Balch took a shot of XR670 at the Upper Heyford show
This great picture was taken by & © Philip Pain at the Upper Heyford show in June 1969. It shows ground crew member Bill Ellis enjoying the show.
This is a shot from an unknown date/location showing XR670 / 54 flying #3 in the Linton GIN team
& finally, this picture shows XR670 whilst she was a Macaws aircraft.
