E7 Wedgetail Colour Scheme

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E7 Wedgetail Colour Scheme

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Just a tangent to RIAT threads.

Today is a good day to bury news.

https://raf.mod.uk/news/articles/raf-we ... -revealed/

RAF E7 Wedgetail colour scheme announced.

I had a search couldn’t see it posted anywhere else on here.

Lovely Raspberry Ripple Dazzle paint scheme. Or maybe it’s grey.
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Grey, grey and grey!!!
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Surely it's the serials which are the talking point here...?
Last time they allocated 'W-' serials, it was for Vickers Valiants, and DH Venoms!!
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Is it just a case of an artistic rendering of the aircraft and the artist, not having the allocated ZZ number, just making up WT001?...
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BobL wrote:
Mon 18 Jul 2022, 9:30 pm
Is it just a case of an artistic rendering of the aircraft and the artist, not having the allocated ZZ number, just making up WT001?...
Indeed, I'd have guessed at ZE701 - 703 (to follow the P-8 examples), but 701/2 were previously allocated to BAe146s. ZE725-27 are free, though.
Nevertheless, some on other forums seem to think that WT001-3 are the real deal.
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Not being an expert on RAF serial number system has there ever been a serial range that started with a 001?

All the previous number allocations seem to start 100 or higher. I hardly think the MoD will change the format used for decades. And I doubt the three aircraft will use up the current system.

Or maybe someone from the DoT/DVLA has transferred in and decided to implement a UK Car Registration style revamp?...
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Some of the Hawks and Typhoons nowadays start with a '0'

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Isn’t WT001 just for the picture, (if they haven’t got the serial to hand). WT=Wedge Tail.

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BobL wrote:
Tue 19 Jul 2022, 10:39 am
Not being an expert on RAF serial number system has there ever been a serial range that started with a 001?
ZK001 to ZK004 are Merlins, that sequence then continued with a Grob Vigilant and a few other things until ZK010, the start of the RAF Hawk T2 allocation.

Recently serial number allocations have been done for vanity, think about the 32 Squadron AW109 - GZ100, Lightning IIs starting at ZM135 to match the first Lightning XM135, P-8s starting at ZP801, etc etc.

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BobL wrote:
Tue 19 Jul 2022, 10:39 am
...Or maybe someone from the DoT/DVLA has transferred in and decided to implement a UK Car Registration style revamp?...
You thought you were joking, didn't you...?

P-8.... ZP801 etc
A400M... ZM400 etc
A300... ZZ300 etc
C-17... ZZ171 etc

...And of course, the ZZ block is out of sequence any way, as they haven't even started ZL, ZN, ZS, ZV, ZW, or ZX yet....
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cg_341 wrote:
Tue 19 Jul 2022, 10:53 am

ZK001 to ZK004 are Merlins, that sequence then continued with a Grob Vigilant and a few other things until ZK010, the start of the RAF Hawk T2 allocation.

Recently serial number allocations have been done for vanity, think about the 32 Squadron AW109 - GZ100, Lightning IIs starting at ZM135 to match the first Lightning XM135, P-8s starting at ZP801, etc etc.
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Oh perhaps the biggest example that WT001 might well be correct is the Watchkeepers, that start at WK001!

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Seahornet wrote:
Tue 19 Jul 2022, 6:23 pm

A300... ZZ300 etc
...or perhaps
A330... ZZ330 etc

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Mike wrote:
Wed 20 Jul 2022, 3:14 pm
Seahornet wrote:
Tue 19 Jul 2022, 6:23 pm

A300... ZZ300 etc
...or perhaps
A330... ZZ330 etc
Yep, that's what my brain was trying to tell my typing finger! Six days at Totterdown /RIAT seems to have fried my circuits...!
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