ETPS Fleet

[knutt]

Currently registered to Castle Air ,but not yet delivered are:
G-ETPN A109S Grand
G-ETPO A109S Grand
G-ETPP AW139

Kevin

[raameagle]

These three are in the UK now but not yet in service.
Regards
Mark

Currently registered to Castle Air are:
G-ETPN A109S Grand
G-ETPO A109S Grand
G-ETPP AW139

Kevin

[Freeman Lowell]

G-ETPN A109 noted on VR as now operating from Boscombe today.
Freeman

[Plane_Fleet]

G-ETPP AW139 routed Biggin Hill - Boscombe this morning, c/s 'CASTLE04'.
All white colour scheme.
Official change of ownership to Qinetiq was on 9th July 2021.

[TommyC]

G-ETPP AW139 routed Biggin Hill - Boscombe this morning, c/s 'CASTLE04'.
All white colour scheme.
Official change of ownership to Qinetiq was on 9th July 2021.

It's a bit of aw right
Thanks for the update, think I saw this from afar... nice to have another new cab doing the rounds, just hope they add some colour to it, graffiti Empire Test Pilot School tags would do!

[Ravendriver2008]

Remember the BBC TV Series Test Pilot in the late 80s was about the ETPS. Think you can see it on You Tube?

Yep one of my favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999Q_eYCRpY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZyRVa5 ... Nw&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFGX-G2 ... Nw&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e5Hfm7 ... Nw&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUX-WG ... Nw&index=5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-jlt6t ... Nw&index=6

The commandant Ron Burrows was featured in. 1971 documentary on USNTPS at Pax River @21:05

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1peJSM55384

If you read the accompanying book, there was one student deliberately kept out of the camera lens, as it was an Israeli student CaptIn Gil Yannai …who was the youngest on the course and already a veteran of Lebanon flying then Hughes TOW Defender and AH-1S Cobra. He ended up going to Pax a river with Bon Horton to evaluate the then new UH-60A.

One of the graduates Dave Southwood who won the McKenna trophy ended up being the first Brit to secretly fly the F-117A before the exchanges happened with a Sqn Leader Cruishanks. This was not so long after he graduated and was not revealed to the aviation world till late 90s.

The Kiwi student Steve Moore was one of the A-4K Skyhawk pilots in the ‘Rescue’ - Kevin Dillon action movie and now he’s head of the NZ CAA.

Cheers