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| RAY DOWN'S FRADU COLLECTION |
| Current images: 25 | Current estimated download time: 52 seconds |
"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 on the pan at Yeovilton | A line up of T.8C's in March 1981 at Yeovilton |
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| Inside a FRADU hangar during 1981 | An Avon engine out of a T.8C |
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| GA.11 WT804 is the subject of a fire drill | GA.11 XE682 awaits her next sortie |
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| How much damage can a birstrike do to an aircraft? This was inflicted on GA.11 XE682/835 | ||
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| Two shots of GA.11 WV256 on the flight apron at Yeovilton | |
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| T.7 XF310 fresh from delivery in RAF colours | T.8C WT799 on the ground at VL |
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| T.8C WT799 airborne from Yeovilton | GA.11 XE707 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 Luftwaffe F-104
Starfighter pictured before and after the aircraft
crashed at Yeovilton's Air Day 1979. |
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All images shown above were lent to myself by Ray Down. If you wish to use these photos on another web-site you must first get my his permission.
© Mark Russell, 1998-2007.
