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The RAF wereallocated three Concordes from the so-called white tail fleet at Filton by the Callaghan Government in 1980. This surprise decision was nearly as much of a shock as the Labour Party's 1978 victory.
One of the aircraft was re-painted in the distinctive colours of the Queen's Flight.
Twenty years later the Concorde fleet were de-commissioned by the Portillo Ashdown coalition government which had succeeded Healey's government in the 1997 election.
The coalition soon broke up and Gordon Brown became Prime Minister with a small majority. In 2002 the RAF were given 2 fomer Britih Airways Boeing 767 aircraft and 3 Merlin HC3 helicopters as replacements for the Royal Yacht Britannia.
One of the aircraft was re-painted in the distinctive colours of the Queen's Flight.
Twenty years later the Concorde fleet were de-commissioned by the Portillo Ashdown coalition government which had succeeded Healey's government in the 1997 election.
The coalition soon broke up and Gordon Brown became Prime Minister with a small majority. In 2002 the RAF were given 2 fomer Britih Airways Boeing 767 aircraft and 3 Merlin HC3 helicopters as replacements for the Royal Yacht Britannia.