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Waddo has of course Vulcan XM607 by the A15 and had a Phantom outside 23 Sqn’s building last time i was there.

Waddingtons Vulcan is in shocking condition when was it last repainted?

you haven’t seen it lately my friend!!………dear oh dear :rolleyes:

Actually Les, I think you’ll find theirs two!

Who’s two?

One of them is rather rudely sat at the top of the yard! :rolleyes:

Wasn’t doing anything rude last time I saw it, bit out of sorts maybe but nothing rude.

😎

There’s a Thuderbird AA muscle at MAM I’ve been told.
:rolleyes:

Actually Les, I think you’ll find theirs two!

One of them is rather rudely sat at the top of the yard! :rolleyes:

There’s a Thuderbird AA muscle at MAM I’ve been told.

:rolleyes:

Its not what your thinking my untrusting sidekick. In fact its somethin completely differant.

Unsure what you mean by that RobMAc.

Errrrr……nothing :rolleyes:

Unsure what you mean by that RobMAc.

Cheers guys for all the info provided. Ive nearly completed a list from the latest Wrecks and Relics. Will get it posted as and when and maybe see if its matches up to what we all know is around us.

Once again many thanks

Or what we want 😀 😀

Cheers guys for all the info provided. Ive nearly completed a list from the latest Wrecks and Relics. Will get it posted as and when and maybe see if its matches up to what we all know is around us.

Once again many thanks

St Athan has Phantom XV500 (painted as XV498).

Is the Lightning still outside Teeside Airport (Middleton St George?)?

Lightning XR749 moved some time ago, when the fine folk at Teeside Airport no longer wanted it. Its now on show in Peterhead, Scotland at the premises of a company that reconditions industrial Avon powerplants used to power generators in the oil industry.

Sealand had a Hunter – not sure if it has gone with the base closing? Is the Lightning still outside Teeside Airport (Middleton St George?)?

Northolt has a plastic Spit too I have a pic somewhere

martin

…if it helps
Benson’s got a plastic Spitfire in PRU-blue colours
Colin

Another few………

Marham has Victor XH673 as previously stated, also I think Tornado GR1 ZA400 (might be a few numbers out there, possibly 405 or 406) and is soon to be joined by Canberra XH169 which is currently hidden away within the camp somehwere.

Waddo has of course Vulcan XM607 by the A15 and had a Phantom outside 23 Sqn’s building last time i was there.

Akrotiri had a Lightning and a whirlwind back in 2004

Conningsby had a Phantom and a Tornado F2/F3? last time i was there.

Lossiemouth has a Tornado GR1 dressed up as a GR4

That’s all i’ve got for now!

Shawbury’s Whirlwind HAR10 was replaced by an ex 2FTS Wessex a couple of years ago.

For Pete Truman

I think that you’re probably right, that’s how it was presented to the press and Joe Public, although how much was actually fact and how much was hype, I know not.

For Tim, Binbrook 01

Well, at least I got the number right! Thanks for the additional info, I’m afraid the memory ain’t what it used to be.

Regards

Allan

Lyneham has a Comet 2 at the main gate and a Dakota across the road at the 47 Air Despatch gate

One for ChiefofFairies…

The 527th Tactical Fighter and Training Agressor Sqn, survived for a long while at Alconbury with the F-5Es eventually became the 527th AS, and it then converted to the F-16C upon its move to Bentwaters in 1988-89.

Sadly they were the first of many post Cold War cutback victims, disbanding by 1990. IIRC.

Funnily enough, out in the USA, the aggressors squadrons are enjoying a comeback with a new F-15 unit at Nellis, and another unit planned somewhere a little colder…..ie Alaska

Tim