32 Squadron BAe 146-100 ZE700 displays her 100th anniversary markings (Thomas Howe)

To mark the centenary of No.32 (The Royal) Squadron, BAe 146 CC2 ZE700 (msn E1021) has had the unit’s crest painted on the tail, together with the inscription “1916-2016”. The Squadron began operations in 1916 using Airco DH2s — one of the very first designs by Geoffrey de Havilland. The four 146s that 32 Squadron currently operates are among the very last to be designed by the company he started (although, by then, it had been absorbed into Hawker Siddeley, and then into British Aerospace). On 20 January, she took Prime Minister David Cameron to Zürich for the Davos World Economic Forum.

Recent news items on 32 (The Royal) Squadron:

• RAF to sell BAe 146s? (2019-09-15)
• RAF BAe 146 named for World War I ace (2019-06-26)
• No 32 Squadron BAe 146s to operate from Benson (2019-04-18)
• RAF BAe 146 returns to service after C check (2019-02-24)
• Serco does first RAF BAe 146 C check (2019-01-04)