Date of Delivery - 07 August 1963 ( 1st known show 7 weeks later )
Struck of Charge - 01 October 1971 as CAT 5(S) at No.27 MU Shawbury, ( Last known show 13 months earlier )
Cockpit to RAFEF Abingdon as 8589M,
then to Belfast Exhibition Flight, Aldergrove 12/1981
Information courtesy of www.ukserials.com
| Date | Venue | Pilot | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 1963 | RAF Valley | Terry Thornton | - |
| 23 July 1966 | Arbroath | - | Air Britain Digest Dec 66 |
| 6 May 1967 | USAF Lakenheath | Eric Hemson | - |
| 29 May 1967 | Church Fenton | Eric Hemson | - |
| 21 July 1967 | RAF Leeming | Eric Hemson | - |
| 22 July 1967 | RNAS Arbroath | Eric Hemson | - |
| 5 Aug 1967 | Newcastle | Keith Harris | - |
| 29 Sept 1967 | RAF Leeming | Eric Hemson | - |
| 30 Sept 1967 | Prestwick | Eric Hemson | See Colin Louries photo's below |
| 20 July 1968 | Arbroath | - | Spotted |
| 14 Sept 1968 | Leuchars | - | See Tony Breese's photo below |
| 30 April 1969 | Ripon | Dave Waddington | - |
| 2 May 1969 | Shawbury | Al Colesky | - |
| 14 June 1969 | Upper Heyford | Al Colesky | - |
| 21 June 1969 | Denham | Dave Waddington | - |
| 4 July 1969 | Menwith Hill | Dave Waddington | - |
| 4 July 1969 | Leeming | Dave Waddington | - |
| 5 July 1969 | Alconbury | Dave Waddington | - |
| 12 July 1969 | Wycombe | Dave Waddington | - |
| 31 August 1969 | Münster | Dave Waddington | - |
| 27 Sept 1969 | Harrogate | Dave Waddington | - |
| 27 Sept 1969 | Linton | Dave Waddington | - |
These amazing photo's were taken at the 1967 Prestwick show by ( & © ) Colin Lourie.
Colin's website is => www.clourie.co.uk/aircraft/
If the aircraft retained their take-off position (shown above) XR700 is the lowest of the 4 aircraft shown here. Photo © Colin Lourie
This one is from ( & © ) Tony Breese at the 1968 Leuchars show.
This photo of XR700 / 46 was taken by ( © ) Lindsay Peacock, probably at Linton in 1968 .
This was Dave Waddington's preferred aircraft for the 1969 season. He used it for 9 of the 21 shows flown that year.
XR700 / 46 in action , flown by Dave Waddington ( #4 at the back of the Box ). According to Dave Waddngton's log book these photos were taken on 28 August 1969, with John Bishop sitting alongside him.
The above photos were used in a couple of newspapers
These are from the Northern Echo, dated 29 August 1969.
This is an article from Rolls Royce News - March 1970.
The picture was taken by & © Philip Pain at the Upper Heyford show in June 1969.
XR700 was used by John Bishop for the PO special flight, carrying the envelopes shown below.
Click here for more details of this flight