What crashed at Boscombe Down?, page 1

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Topic started on 21-7-2004 @ 06:07 AM by waynos

While trying to find the illustration of the FOAS that supports my earlier post (I haven't yet) I came across this article that talks of a 2 seat aircraft that crashed on take-off from Boscombe Down in 1994. Apologies if this has been done to death already but does anyone else know what happened? apparently it had twin inward canted fins like the "F-19" that Testors made and the airfield was sealed by the SBS while a 737 carrying the same markings as those seen at Groom Lake flew in and a modified C-5 Galaxy landed and winched the wreck in through the nose door and flew off with it. The official story was that the DERA Tornado had crashed but why would the USAF fly in and leave with that?

www.dreamlandresort.com...

having read further, the final paragraph about UK involvelment in the F-117 and proposed F-117B for the RAF (would'nt that make it the F-117K?) does seem to support my FOAS claim after all.

[edit on 21-7-2004 by waynos]

reply posted on 22-7-2004 @ 08:56 PM by MPJay

Probably one of the black aircraft currently based at TTR, it is officially in "caretaker" status but that is nonsence, Janet traffic is in and out of there constantly providing engineering support for one or more secret aircraft projects.

reply posted on 23-7-2004 @ 09:52 AM by iamthemissinglink

what ever crashed [HAD to be American. Thats a given.

reply posted on 24-7-2004 @ 03:21 PM by Infidellic

Originally posted by iamthemissinglink
what ever crashed [HAD to be American. Thats a given.

Why was it a Boscombe Down then? I go there for Air Experience flights and it looks normal....only thing different from most other bases I have been on is that the Empire Test Pilots school is located there

reply posted on 24-7-2004 @ 04:02 PM by RichardPrice

Originally posted by Infidellic

Originally posted by iamthemissinglink
what ever crashed [HAD to be American. Thats a given.

Why was it a Boscombe Down then? I go there for Air Experience flights and it looks normal....only thing different from most other bases I have been on is that the Empire Test Pilots school is located there

It used to be the home of the RAF Advanced Projects Testing Facility, which was recently disbanded due to the advancement of 3rd party facilities.

reply posted on 3-8-2004 @ 12:20 PM by ghost

If you read the article carefully, it sound like a Northrop built spy plane of some kind.

Tim
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reply posted on 5-8-2004 @ 10:58 AM by waynos

Maybe this TR-3A thingy?

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