speedy Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Yesterday the Lynx Mk7 retired from AAC service. There was a fly past at Middle Wallop around 1330 and they're now being put into the donor programme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Thats progress for you,.........you know when you are getting old when you remember loads of aircraft you see in a museum from when they were still in service,.......Herk C1/3, Bucc, Phantom, JP, Wessex, Canberra, Hunter,......need I go on! Sad to see the old skiddy Lynx going, another one of those types which you thought would be there for ever! Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cameraman Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Thats progress for you,.........you know when you are getting old when you remember loads of aircraft you see in a museum from when they were still in service,.......Herk C1/3, Bucc, Phantom, JP, Wessex, Canberra, Hunter,......need I go on! Sad to see the old skiddy Lynx going, another one of those types which you thought would be there for ever! Cheers Tony Hi Tony, I feel older still thinking about some aircraft that were future designs, when I was a kid, that have since been put into production, then into service, only to be retired years later! And I'm only 53 years old! Regards Reggie Edited August 2, 2015 by The Cameraman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Hi Tony, I feel older still thinking about some aircraft that were future designs, when I was a kid, that have since been put into production, then into service, only to be retired years later! And I'm only 53 years old! Regards Reggie Remember the GR3 Harrier XZ997 in the RAF museum at Hendon ? I remember the day it was delivered new to 4 Sqn! I was part of the team that had to fit guns and pylons to it on arrival. Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I was at Lee-on-Solent '68 when they were cutting up Scimitars. Another sad day in aviation history. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I was at Lee-on-Solent '68 when they were cutting up Scimitars. Another sad day in aviation history. Colin So it's your fault there's only one left then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 So it's your fault there's only one left then? Sorry Mike but not, I was a lowly grubber. The senior rates go the job of wielding the cutting torch. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Still bad... you should have thrown yourself in front of their torches & stopped the sacrilege! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Still bad... you should have thrown yourself in front of their torches & stopped the sacrilege! If I had Mike, I would have miissed my tot, even worse sacrilege... Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Ok, point taken... you traded aviation history for a snifter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Still bad... you should have thrown yourself in front of their torches & stopped the sacrilege! Two? This one was on the USS Intrepid before moving ashore somewhere. This is the only picture of it that I took, hiding behind an Etendard Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I was at Lee-on-Solent '68 when they were cutting up Scimitars. Another sad day in aviation history. Colin On the plus side, the metal recovered from a dozen Scimitars would build about 20 Jaguars - a far more useful aircraft Two? This one was on the USS Intrepid before moving ashore somewhere. This is the only picture of it that I took, hiding behind an Etendard Trevor Trevor, there's NO WAY the Supermarine Even Fatter Knacker (followed on from the Fat Knacker aka the inappropriately named Swift), could hid behind anything smaller than a V-Bomber! It's just too corpulent!! Look at the Etendard, gorgeous! That's the way to build a naval strike aircraft. As for the Lynx Mk7, scariest ride I ever had in a helicopter (and I've had a few), was a Hairy Arm Corps Lynx AH.7 from the Metal Factory at Baja Luka to Sipivo. What I don't understand is why they aren't 1 for 1 replacing the Lynx with Wildcat's, doesn't matter how capable the latter is, it can only be in one place at a time. Wez - once RAF ALWAYS RAF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 (edited) Aren't there three scimitar's in existence. One in the USA,on in the fleet air arm museum and i think one is in storage for the solent sky museum. Edited August 2, 2015 by fatalbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koala Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Yet another bit of my working life is now history ,I doubt will there be one in the historic flight . Will it be possible to hear the roar of the mighty Gem again . Koala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Foster60 Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Does anyone know if an AH7 is going to the Army's historic flight?. It must be one of the longest serving Aircraft in the history of the AAC. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Aren't there three scimitar's in existence. One in the USA,on in the fleet air arm museum and i think one is in storage for the solent sky museum. This is indeed correct, it came from the old Flambards collection next to Culdrose. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Does anyone know if an AH7 is going to the Army's historic flight?. It must be one of the longest serving Aircraft in the history of the AAC. The Historic Flight isn't getting a Lynx. It is now a Charitable Trust rather than AAC funded and its having to put all its aircraft on to the civil register which is costly enough for types already on it such as the HAF's Auster 9, Souix, Scout and Beaver but would just be too much for a Lynx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Will the AAC Museum get one though? Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Yet another bit of my working life is now history ,I doubt will there be one in the historic flight . Will it be possible to hear the roar of the mighty Gem again . Koala Don't get me started on the Gem! Worst designed engine I have ever worked on, and there have been a few! Still sorry to see the old Lynx go, and I can remember when they were prototypes and I'm only 44. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) Still the fastest helicopter in the world though, the skiddy Lynx!!!! While on exercise we had a Lynx attached to us and the crew offered seats in the back as they were going for an `air test',.......well it was full before I found out so we watched the lucky lads taking off and then the pilot put the thing through a fantastic aerobatics display including the upside down loop from a hover,.....the pilot was one of the AAC Blue Eagles pilot and he had decided to practice his routine! The lucky lads in the back were not warned and looked decidedly `grey' when they staggered away from the Lynx after it had landed,.......never having been to an airshow before none of them knew about this team and they thought that they were all going to die then the thing pulled back into a loop and went upside down,.......absolutely classic and I wonder how many times the AAC lads pulled that trick over the years! I was still annoyed that I`d missed out on the flight mind you. Cheers Tony Edited August 6, 2015 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Will the AAC Museum get one though? The museum already has one. In fact for the retirement ceremony the museum lent the AAC the TOW launchers off the museum exhibit. The Lynx 7 in the museum is however missing a few parts, eg anti-torque pedals, but there is a shopping list with the guys at Middle Wallop who are reducing the Lynx fleet to spares for the Wildcat fleet. I've also pestered the museum curator to ask for a fuselage pod so that it can be turned into a travelling exhibit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Two? This one was on the USS Intrepid before moving ashore somewhere. This is the only picture of it that I took, hiding behind an Etendard Trevor I seem vaguely to remember that the FAA Museum swapped this Scimitar for an F4 a few years ago. (Talk about sublime swapping for... well, maybe not ridiculous, but rather less than sublime. Mind you, I'd be at the head of the queue if anyone got around to producing a 1/48 Scimitar, "fat-knacker" or not!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 The July issue of AFM has a nice article on the AAC and it's Lynx's. There 60th anniversary is coming up in 2017, might be an idea for one big Group Build? Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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