Smudge Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 No problem. I enjoyed it myself. I'm a Fleet Air Arm/Naval Aviation 'aholic 😬 Yes, those shows must have been quite something. Such a diverse collection of lovely aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail is everything Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 There are colour photos of Scimitars on Google showing blue coloured codes, but of course they are only as accurate as the person who sprayed them up wanted them to be. Still, I assume they will have used the extant scheme as a guide? https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/scimitar/survivor.php?id=537 and https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/scimitar/survivor.php?id=26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 Interesting. The codes painted on the Solent Sky airframe are apparently the wrong colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detail is everything Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 This photo from the previously pasted Flicker photo album is difficult to interpret. Sky or pale blue, takes your pick . Most references say pale blue, but that doesn't make them right. Yet to find definitive evidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 In Richard A Frank's book Scimitar the colour profiles have 803 squadron with sky nose codes & 807 with pale blue both with black Royal Navy on the spine in 1959 - shame there seem to be so few colour photos of Scimitars from that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B (Sc) Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) On 1/24/2023 at 12:06 AM, Smudge said: Farnborough SBAC Air Show 1959. This is fun. Scimitars appear at about 8 minutes in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q163pVxDUiM Apparently they invented the 'Twizzle'. The 'opposed' landing is a treat! I recall seeing the opposition landing trick done by four aircraft at a Lossiemouth dispaly - can't now remember what aircraft type it was, though I don't think it was Scimitars. Happy days, with a rather different view of risk ! Edited January 25, 2023 by John B (Sc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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