Spinners

Supermarine Sora FG.1's - 767 Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1962

Not at the moment as it uses a DLC skin and I just haven't got the time to convert something else.

Fist of the Fleet

Let me go!

BAe Brigand FRS.1 - 801 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1985

With the exception of the Attacker, Supermarine did use alliteration so how about Selene (Greek Goddess of the Moon) or Sora (a water bird but this is rarely seen in Britain).

A Busy Brigand

I don't think Mr. Dassault would allow it but that's a neat idea.

Dassault Mirage FGA.2 - No.1 Squadron, Royal Air Force Strike Command, 1970

My first thought would be that It would need a new name but 'Scimitar' is such a good name and it does still have the overall look of the Scimitar so go with how you feel.

P.1154 (RAF) ?? Forget that, it's the Supermarine Supersonic Scimitar.

Great work - Thank You! It's one of favourite Mirage schemes.

Feline Groovy

Kitchen Sink

BAe Brigand FRS.1 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1983 The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act of 1977 called for the nationalisation and merger of the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation to form British Aerospace and in a rare moment of support for the British aviation industry the UK Labour Government announced the decision to purchase a multi-role tactical fighter for the RAF and Royal Navy as a boost to the newly-created company. Originating from the Hawker HS.1202 design studies, the British Aerospace P.162 was a CTOL design in a configuration broadly similar to the F-16 albeit without blended body technology but with the newly fashionable LERX (leading edge root extensions). The P.162 was designed to be powered by the Rolls-Royce Pelenna afterburning turbofan, essentially a scaled Spey, rated at 18,000lbs dry thrust and 27,000lbs with reheat but the first two prototypes used the Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100 engine as a stop-gap until the Pelenna was ready. Officially named 'Brigand' the P.162 entered service as the Brigand FRS.1 with 899 Naval Air Squadron in 1983.

Finally got to grips with it!

Quality assured - why pay more?

Chapeau to all concerned.

Zapped and snapped!

Something borrowed...

No problem mate. It does make you wonder why the good work of the cast and crew can just be pushed aside and left virtually unseen. Another example is 'The Night Walker' - scared me 5hitless when I was a kid!

Welcome to the what if section.

Grumman F-14H Tomcat - 340 Mira, Hellenic Air Force, 1986 The 1979 Islamic Revolution saw the abrupt cessation of deliveries of the third batch of 60 F-14A fighters intended for Iran leaving Grumman with 44 unwanted Tomcats on their production line. Whilst payment for the aircraft was essentially underwritten by the US Government, Grumman were given permission to offer the aircraft to the export market and duly approached Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom but received only lukewarm interest. However, the Hellenic Air Force expressed strong interest in the aircraft and asked for a downgraded version (essentially without the AIM-54A Phoenix missile) to supplement it's F-4E interceptor force. In January 1980 an order was placed by Greece for 50 Tomcats comprising of 6 additional aircraft tagged onto the 44 Iranian aircraft on the production line and designated F-14H. Details of the deal were not officially disclosed at the time but are now known to have involved substantial offsets associated with the extension of leases on US bases in Greece. My mate Mario (ValAstur) has beaten to it by making a splendid Greek F-14H but this was like an itch I just had to scratch!

Early days