3 results found
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:12 July 1973
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:370991Submit Correction
View count: 347
Note Nimrod tail unit.
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:12 July 1973
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:12 July 1973
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Photo ID:370991Submit Correction
View count: 347
Note Nimrod tail unit.
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Luqa - Malta International (LMML / MLA)Map
Country:Malta
Photo Date:12 July 1973
Photo by:John VisanichContact
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Sirius
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 July 1973
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:346964Submit Correction
View count: 661
Fitted with a Nimrod tail fin, XW626 "Sirius" makes a stop in Prestwick Main Terminal's old Bay1, before proceeding transatlantic to Goose Bay as ASCOT5251. Originally with BOAC as G-APDS, had been bought by the Ministry of Supply and became a testbed for the ill-fated Nimrod AEW3 project, displaying at Farnborough in 1978 further modified with the bulbous radar nose."
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 July 1973
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Sirius
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 July 1973
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Photo ID:346964Submit Correction
View count: 661
Fitted with a Nimrod tail fin, XW626 "Sirius" makes a stop in Prestwick Main Terminal's old Bay1, before proceeding transatlantic to Goose Bay as ASCOT5251. Originally with BOAC as G-APDS, had been bought by the Ministry of Supply and became a testbed for the ill-fated Nimrod AEW3 project, displaying at Farnborough in 1978 further modified with the bulbous radar nose."
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map
Region / Country:Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo Date:2 July 1973
Photo by:David A. MontgomeryContact
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force / British Aerospace / Marconi
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Farnborough International 1978
Photo Date:6 September 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:201645Submit Correction
View count: 2600
Much-modified Comet used by British Aerospace and Marconi Avionics for trials of radar equipment for the forthcoming Nimrod AEW.3 - which failed to enter service.
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force / British Aerospace / Marconi
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 September 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force / British Aerospace / Marconi
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Event:Farnborough International 1978
Photo Date:6 September 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact
Photo ID:201645Submit Correction
View count: 2600
Much-modified Comet used by British Aerospace and Marconi Avionics for trials of radar equipment for the forthcoming Nimrod AEW.3 - which failed to enter service.
Registration / Serial:XW626
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 106 Comet 4
C/n (msn):6419
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force / British Aerospace / Marconi
City / Airport:Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:6 September 1978
Photo by:Lewis GrantContact