G-ARRM, the prototype Beagle 206. Very different now to when I saw it proudly rolled out in its gleaming 'Beagle Bronze' livery back in 1961. I fondly remember the many private displays we were treated to when "Pee Wee" Judge, Beagle's chief test pilot, put it through its paces in those exciting days. His party trick was a low-level roll in front of the control tower with one engine cut & the prop feathered. Wouldn't be allowed now & I wish I'd had a camera to record it. He demonstrated it at Farnborough the same year & I found this photo of what it looked like then.
The last I heard RRM was on display at the Bristol Aero Collection. http://aeroflt.users.netlink.co.uk/mus/uk/1-b/bristolaerocoll.htm
I assume she's been brought back home to Shoreham for the Miles/Beagle reunion meeting next month. I would have thought they could have given the old girl a coat of paint. That Beagle Bronze looks more like rust now. A very sad sight indeed & says it all about the demise of the British Aviation industry.
