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This is weird, looks like Sea Venoms converted to Sea Vixens, anyone know any more ?

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1029" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not sure on that, they do seem smaller but the serial is XJ602 on the wing.
Here is the real one being scrapped at hurn

http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1156217/

Like I said, weird. My brother (Catford Independent Airforce) reckons they were set up for The Royal Tournament. That clip is before my time and I think maybe even his. I remember seeing a real Scimitar in Earls Court simulating an ejection. They can't be real Sea Vixens, too small and look at the cockpit, the plexiglass is paper thin, when the groundcrew try and open it it distorts ridculously and the pilot can barely fit in the cockpit. Or were they made purely for ground handling training ?

They were surplus Sea Venoms mocked up at Lee On Solent to look like Sea Vixens, specially for the Royal Tournament.

Cheers,

Mike