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Old 08-04-2005   #26 (permalink)
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The Scale-Models guide to aircraft markings-Part 20,R.A.F Training aircraft 1950's



Royal Air Force training colours 1950's all silver with yellow training bands,upper is shown a De Havilland Vampire T.11 and below are Gloster Meteor T.7 twin jet trainers,note that the yellow bands do not overlap the ailerons to avoid balance and flutter problems.


By 1954 flying training aircraft such as the Percival Provost T.1,Vampire T.11,Gloster Meteor T.7 and the navigational trainers such as the Vickers Valetta and Varsity were finished in a standard colourscheme of overall silver with yellow training bands on the wings & fuselage,the finish itself was set up in 1947,the scheme extended to the aircraft of the Home command ie the Reserve squadrons operating De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 and the training gliders operated by the Air Training Corps under the aegis of the R.A.F.
Other aircraft types that used this finish were the Avro 19,Auster A.O.P.6 and the Airspeed Oxford.
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