Type 508 VX133, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1951; author
As first flown on 31st August 1951
Overall natural metal
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Type 508 VX133, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1951; author
As first flown on 31st August 1951
Overall natural metal
Type 529 VX136, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1952; author
As first flown on 29th August 1952; slightly extended tail cone and strakes in front of fins
Overall natural metal
Type 525 VX138, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1954; author
As first flown on 27th April 1954
Overall natural metal
Type 525 VX138, Vickers-Supermarine, Chilbolton, 1954; author
Enlarged fin and engine bay intakes added
Overall cream scheme applied in September for Farnborough SBAC show
Type 525 VX138, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1955; author
Dogtooth wing leading edges added; as lost on 5th July 1955
Mock naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and Sky; serial position is a guess
| Prototype |
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N.113D WT854, Vickers-Supermarine, RAE Boscombe Down, 1956; author
As first flown on 20th January 1956
Early naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
| Production Aircraft |
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F.1 XD221 of 700X NAS (Scimitar Intensive Flying Trials Unit), RNAS Ford, 1957; author
Early style of nose cone
Early naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD223 of 700X NAS (Scimitar Intensive Flying Trials Unit), RNAS Ford, 1958; author
Photo-reconaissance nose cone
Early naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD277 of 800 NAS, HMS Ark Royal, 1961; author
Standard nose cone, IFR probe, drop tanks and practice bombs
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD326 of 804 NAS, HMS Hermes, 1961; author
Standard nose cone, drop tanks and 2 inch rockets
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD321 of 807 NAS, HMS Centaur, 1961; author
Standard nose cone, drop tanks
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD268 of A&AEE Weapons Flight (Bullpup missile trials, ex 803 NAS, HMS Victorious), West Freugh, 1962; author
PR nose cone, under-belly camera pod, Bullpup missiles
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD239 of 736 NAS, RNAS Lossiemouth, 1962; author
Standard nose cone, IFR probe, practice bombs and AIM-9B Sidewinder missiles
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD250 of 803 NAS, HMS Hermes, 1964; author
Standard nose cone, IFR probe, 1000lb bombs
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD229 of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, West Freugh, 1966; author
Early nose cone, practice bombs
One-off scheme of Powder Blue and White
F.1 XD243 of 800(B) NAS, HMS Eagle, 1966; author
Standard nose cone, IFR probe, drop tanks
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
F.1 XD317 of Airwork Services Ltd's Fleet Requirements Unit, Hurn, 1969; author
Harley light nose cone, drop tanks
Standard naval scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and White
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11 people have commented on this page. This is comment section 1 of 2.
Ian Howard from Crawley, W Sussex | Posted at 5:51pm on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 |
Served with 803 RNAS in HMS Hermes and RNAS Lossiemouth, 1963-65. If they didn't leak fuel, it was time to worry! They were empty! | |
Mike New from Bakersfield,Nottingham. | Posted at 12:02pm on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 |
Nice site,am ex.R.N. not a waffoo,was a Greenie,remember the really tragic event when a scimitar ditched and the pilot could not get the canopy open,can't remember which year. | |
Reg Wright from Stamford | Posted at 2:47pm on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 |
First cab I worked on after Arbrouth, there were about 6 in short and long term storage ready if needed for Hurn. | |
Keith Hartford from Bognor Regis | Posted at 12:38pm on Monday, October 12th, 2009 |
I spent 2yrs on Scimitars on 803 sqd first at Lossie then a year in the far east on the old Ark Royal.The Scimitar was a beast to work on but when it flew it flew good Thanks for the site,many good memories. | |
Andy Anderson from yeovil | Posted at 7:43pm on Friday, August 14th, 2009 |
I spent two happy years on 803 sqdn servicing Scimitars at Lossiemouth and on H.M.S.victorious .I loved every minute of it | |
andt from Location unknown | Posted at 7:37pm on Friday, August 14th, 2009 |
I spent two happy years on 803 squadron from 1959 to1961 servicing Scimitars at lossiemouth and on Victorious. I loved every minute of it. | |
chris hewitt from Uk | Posted at 7:14pm on Friday, July 10th, 2009 |
excellent site ,not a plane person but anything with RN on and I,m in | |
Paul Spendlove from West Yorkshire | Posted at 6:50pm on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 |
I spent two of my happiest years maintaining the Scimitars of 803 sqdn.aboard 'Victorious' and 'Hermes'from1961-1963,which included the Bullpup misile trials and the extremely warm period in the Persian Gulf('61) when Kassem of Iraq thought he would take Kuwait. | |
Peter Kerr from Stonehouse | Posted at 12:41am on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 |
If only somebody had saved a few more of them from the dreaded scrapman! | |
David Burrage from Devon | Posted at 10:04pm on Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 |
Well done! | |
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