From the Archives: Photo showing #RAFLuton's first runway boat HMS Heathrow in formation with HMS Victory on route to the Battle of Trafalgar in 1705pic.twitter.com/eHWBq4qEBj
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I believe this was the first occasion when someone made the claim on Twitter that the runway boat didn’t have any aircraft to fly from it.
Hi Rob, You are correct, when HMS Heathrow was launched in 1692 many Twitter users complained about the lack of aircraft while the runway boat was carrying out sea trials before coming operational in 1701 with a sqn of Spitfires onboard
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Erm Spitfires? To early for Spitfires. Would have been Hurricanes, surely.
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Hurricanes? Maybe Typhoons...
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