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The Varsity general-purpose aircrew trainer retained the general characteristics of the Valetta C.I, but had a tricycle landing gear and a slightly longer fuselage. For bomb-aiming training, a bomb bay and bomb-aiming station were provided in the form of a pannier fitting against the fuselage underbelly. The prototype first flew in July 1949 and Varsity T.ls went into service with the RAF in 1951. A total of 163 was built.
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| Richard Whybray, whybray(@)hotmail.com, 07.08.2008 As a child I grew up under the downwind leg of RAF Oakington, with Varsities flying over at 1000 feet day and night. I grew to love this ugly duckling. At night you could see twin beams from the underwing spotlights, and I remember how the beams swung to point vertically down as the lights retracted |
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