Hawker Siddeley 125 Dominie T.1 XS709Photographed outside the RAF Museum at Cosford on 23 May 2011, having arrived by air from RAF Cranwell on 11 February 2011.
A total of 20 Dominies were built in the 1960’s to replace the Meteor NF (T) 14 and initially flew in a silver/day-glow colour scheme which later changed to the red, white and grey scheme and finally to the black, grey and white scheme shown here. They were used to train Navigators, Air Engineers and Air Loadmasters in systems management, air leadership, decision making and teamwork and could reach speeds over 320 mph. The retirement date for the Dominie was brought forward by two years due to cancellation of the Nimrod and the planned reduction of the Tornado fleet.
This was the first of the 20 Dominies for the RAF to have flown, on 30 December 1964. It completed just over 16,100 flying hours.
Picture added on 04 August 2011 at 10:41
