fatalbert Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Hi all,whilst on holiday i have been reading Meteor Boys by Steve Bond (Grub street),a book i can heartily recommend, and there is a story about two Meteor FIV's colliding in 1955.They belonged to 12 FTS based at West Zoyland in Somerset.Now i didnt realise that RAF still used the FIV that late in the 1950's,Would anyone know when the FIV's were finaly retired.Many thanks. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloegin57 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 12 hours ago, fatalbert said: Hi all,whilst on holiday i have been reading Meteor Boys by Steve Bond (Grub street),a book i can heartily recommend, and there is a story about two Meteor FIV's colliding in 1955.They belonged to 12 FTS based at West Zoyland in Somerset.Now i didnt realise that RAF still used the FIV that late in the 1950's,Would anyone know when the FIV's were finaly retired.Many thanks. Neil The nearest that I can get to a retirement date Neil is 9 February 1963, that date being the last flight of VT196, though by this time it had been converted to a manned U.15. As to the date that the F.IV was declared officially non-effective will need a bit more research. HTH Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 6 hours ago, sloegin57 said: The nearest that I can get to a retirement date Neil is 9 February 1963, that date being the last flight of VT196, though by this time it had been converted to a manned U.15. As to the date that the F.IV was declared officially non-effective will need a bit more research. HTH Dennis Thanks for that Dennis,I hadnt thought of the drones,i had forgotten all about those.I have done a bit of googling and it appears the FTS unit opperated airframes didnt last much longer than 1955/56.But it has got me wanting to dig out an old Frog FIV when i get back home and build one of them.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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