Angel Interceptor

The problem with past depictions of the future is that sometimes the future looks less impressive than the imagined one. The actual developed technology is something different again of course but I’m not talking smart tech here I’m talking about aesthetics and the all-important cool factor.

Show a 60’s kid a picture of an F35 and then a Spectrum Angel Interceptor and you can guess which image will stay with the kid long into his adult life. Mind you if you could have imagined an F35 and why it has that stealth thing shape in 1968 then perhaps the future may have been different although perhaps still not looked so good.

Of course there was a slight downer to the Angel Interceptor… they were piloted by girls!!!
This could be a stumbling block to a pre hormonal kid although there was always something about Destiny and there still is actually or is that just me?

Captain Scarlet ran from 1967 to 1968 and as was usual in this universe the series took place 100 years in the future and so I have played on that in this image. There is supposed to be a World Air force by then so I’m not sure if the RAF will exist as it does now or be perhaps it is a branch of the WAF. I don’t know but the story goes that the WAF first took the Viper on charge in 2065 and I have gone with that and with the FRG2 variant being introduced in 2068 which coincides nicely with the anniversary of the birth of the RAF – from Camel to Viper in 150 years.

The RAF Viper idea is not mine and so all credit to Clave who has a wealth of "what if " livery ideas. see https://www.deviantart.com/claveworks/art/Fantasy-219-Angel-11-Sqn-RAF-189782503