Boscombe Down Alpha jet..in the snow

[robmac]

Lucky to get this before they retire them in January.Rear tail design is to measure stress i believe.
DSC_1660 by Frontline Fighters.com, on Flickr

 

[robmac]

DSC_1686 by Frontline Fighters.com, on Flickr

 

[Hertsman]

Second shot is amazing.....
Is it some kind of test mule ? Qinetiq are suppliers to the MOD arent they ?

 

[Byker28i]

I've said it before you're a very lucky bugger. Great shots

 

[robmac]

Test pilots train on these.this flight was a two ship paired with a T1 hawk that followed it...the back seater is a Swiss engineer who passed at Boscombe and recieved a fast jet flight.This pilot got to the loop using a stop watch and map only as this jet does not have GPS!