Harriers at Cottesmore to ground run!

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its funny how there is never a shortage of cash for champagne funtions for the lunatics who make these decisions.

The engines need to be either ran or removed from the airframes and inhibited. There are not enough engine stands to remove every engine and inhibit them. Therefore if the aircraft have fuel in them its simple to move them outside and run them. The engines have a value -if you dont run or inhibit them they become pretty much worthless.

The aircraft themselves have a value -I dont expect them to be given away to collectors when they could attain a price in these cash starved times.

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this doesnt make any sense. They are going to run them up then bust them into spare parts? And I assume those who made these decisions will get a huge pay off and a title? I would love to be proved wrong. and of course the collections who would happily accept one at their own cost will have the door shut in their face.

I really missed the Harrier at Waddington

I know that it’s not going to happen but this is better than nothing, wonder if they’d care to ship some to brunty so we can watch them run?:rolleyes:

Harriers are to be ground ru non or around August 1 2011. Last time you will see and hear a Harrier Running in the UK!?

Apart from the examples used by The School Of Flight Deck Operations at Culdrose of course!

Most are sold and they have all been kept in long term storage conditions since retirement.

Yup, sounds like it, used to have to run our jets every 28 days,

Does that imply they are actually in storage conditions, as opposed to retired ?