Lockheed C-130 W2 XV208 of the UK Meteorological Research Flight
Lockheed C-130 W2 XV208 of the UK Meteorological Research Flight - Format A
Lockheed C-130 W2 XV208 of the UK Meteorological Research Flight - Format B
Lockheed C-130 W2 was delivered to the Royal Air Force as XV208 on 26th September 1967 and designated as a C-130K Mk1 (s/n 4233 66-8558) and was operated by No. 48 Squadron in Singapore. The aircraft returned to the UK in 1973 with a damaged main spar. The aircraft was repaired and modified to a specialist weather aircraft designated W2 by Marshalls of Cambridge. The aircraft was delivered to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in 1974 later moving to Boscombe Down and operated by DERA. The aircraft was named Snoopy due to its elongated nose probe. The aircraft was taken out of service in April 2001 and stored. The aircraft was taken out of storage on 27th April 2005 and converted to become a A400M engine test bed. The aircraft was scrapped on 14th April 2015 with the nose section kept for future development work.
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