Tucked away from the FIDAE 2024 exhibition was the retired Condor, a IAI modified 707 also ex-Lan-Chile (CC-CEB) Modificated to receive a Phalcon AEW conversion and now retired. The word is that it will be dismantled and trucked to the museum. Let's hope so.

Now replaced by former RAF AWACS', the EB-707 904, a Boeing 707 with huge IAI Phalcon radar can be seen here.

On delivery to the Oman Air Force.

Before the Battle of Britain flight got the Lancaster and Dakota a Devon of 207 Squadron often provided the ground crew transport. On this occasion my late father Barry Taylor was the pilot and borrowed my camera to take these pictures at the Roanne Air show in France.

Retired between April/May 2022

Became F-WIQG, N4330B, and finally TR-LEI.

Undated Shorts official photo, no reference. Original caption reads: "Skyvan 3M The military Skyvan, a tactical transport derived directly from the civil aircraft, can operate from unprepared strips while carrying 22 fully armed troops or 16 paratroopers or miltary equipment and vehicles. It can be rapidly converted to other roles such as casualty evacuation with 12 stretcher cases and attendants. The large rear cargo door can be opened in flight to allow rapid deployment of paratroopers or heavy supply loads. " Built 1970, retired 2006 and put on display at Oman Armed Forces Museum, Muscat.