Jaguars and Jet Provosts

I had to attend a work meeting at Cosford today and hadn’t been there for around 4 years so noticed a few changes. The Jaguars have now replaced the Jet Provosts as runnable Ground Training Aids (GTAs) I believe and several JPs were parked up not far from the Museum.
As I was travelling back east along the M54 I noticed 4 Mk 5 JP fuselages (one still with its CFS “diamond” badge) on the back of 2 flatbed trucks (2 fueslages per wagon). I presume these have been sold for scrap or possibly for preservation? I didn’t get the serials as I had to concentrate on driving!

We still use Jaguars as part of the RAF Engineer officer practical training and this training has now moved from Cranwell to Cosford and so have the black Jags.

I had a quick look around the Museum, which even on a bitterly cold day, is always good, and it was interesting to see several types, including the Nimrod R1, Dominie and Harrier, all of which were of course still in Service the last time I visited. It was also sobering to realise that I had flown in several of the types on display in Hangar 1 and that HM had permitted me to fly 2 of the types displayed on my own!