Jaguars out to play

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!

I can remember servicing XX725 while I was at Colt

Great shots, much missed aircraft from air show line-ups. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for all the comments and interesting info, pity the sun didn’t come out to play! 🙂

There used to teach officer engineering cadets about aircraft operations, they see them off they go off around the field then they see them in, so the get the full benefits of a simulated squadron 1st line operation I believe.

Thanks – Great to see these shots. I remember driving past Cranwell last year and saw two Jags fired up with all lights on. It looked like they were about to do a formation take off. Now bearing in mind that I had no idea at that time that there were taxiable live Jags – it came as quite a surprise. The serials were XX821 & XX965.

Hi Phil,

Lovely Jags plus the Harrier, I enjoyed looking at them.

Cheers,

Daniel.

Thanks for that Phil! Dunno it just looks really fresh and bright to me??

Is it me or has the tiger schemed one been repainted??

Think you mean the Jaguar painted example but we all knew what you meant :D:D

Don’t think she has been touched if I’m honest…

A specially painted Jaguar aircraft takes to the skies over RAF Coningsby for a final flight by Defence Images, on Flickr

DON’T KNOW WHY THE EMBED CODE IS NOT WORKING BELOW FOR YOUTUBE?

http://youtu.be/eWgizMOPVPE

Compared to these recent photo’s…

Sepcat Jaguar by BMrider2012, on Flickr

Sepcat Jaguar by BMrider2012, on Flickr

Sepcat Jaguar by BMrider2012, on Flickr

Sepcat Jaguar by BMrider2012, on Flickr

A few more, plus some have been “Re-edited” (turned the saturation down and a few other tweeks) on my flickr site, Click “older tab” to view all ….
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65081372@N04/8197541296/in/photostream/lightbox/

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Jaguars by BMrider2012, on Flickr

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Jaguar T4 XX847 RAF Cosford by BMrider2012, on Flickr

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Harrier GR3 by BMrider2012, on Flickr

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Sepcat-Jaguar by BMrider2012, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

If you missed the lines like this on a Squadron in Germany you would hit the revetments wall, the sites were that tight, there is no point teaching folks to Marshall if you do not do it right, true I do not know how much experience the people have but that’s lousy, the other ones showing them parked off the line and cross are as bad, you would get laughed at on a squadron parking them that bad, especially as the power sets etc were not that far off them. You would marshal them in, stop them check the tyres, then roll them fwd onto the cross before shutting it down.. They needed to be on the button to winch them back in to the HAS quickly, Hence the lousy parking 🙂

Thanks for your comments “Tony T”, I would suggest your forward your thoughts in writing to RAF Cosford, maybe they will take some action with those concerned in the parking debacle, maybe not :rolleyes:

I hope you enjoyed the photos though!:)

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Agreed. Trainees or not, standards are slipping….. They should be out there measuring cover distance from the centre of the stop line with vernier calipers… :diablo:

If you missed the lines like this on a Squadron in Germany you would hit the revetments wall, the sites were that tight, there is no point teaching folks to Marshall if you do not do it right, true I do not know how much experience the people have but that’s lousy, the other ones showing them parked off the line and cross are as bad, you would get laughed at on a squadron parking them that bad, especially as the power sets etc were not that far off them. You would marshal them in, stop them check the tyres, then roll them fwd onto the cross before shutting it down.. They needed to be on the button to winch them back in to the HAS quickly, Hence the lousy parking 🙂

Is it me or has the tiger schemed one been repainted??

Lousy parking

Agreed. Trainees or not, standards are slipping….. They should be out there measuring cover distance from the centre of the stop line with vernier calipers… :diablo:

Who cares about some old Jags? :diablo: More shots of the Harrier please 😉

It is nice to see the 6 Sqn special scheme has been kept and still looks very clean.

Nice shots 🙂 I didn’t know there were any Jaguars in taxiable condition!

Lousy parking

Great shots.

Wasn’t Thursday (and the Jaguar outing) meant to be Press Day for the 2013 Airshow?

If so, is that the best the RAF have to offer for a Press Day? Showing aircraft that have been retired rather than something from the current inventory? Or was that the plan and the fog curtailed it?

It’s a bit like the Press Day for Flying Legends featuring Cessna 150’s and Cherokees.

Still nice to see the Jaguars trundling about though.

Regards,

kev35

I think everything that was planned to happen, happend, and a full brief and info packs were given out to the “Press” I dont think anything more was expected really.

Wasn’t Thursday (and the Jaguar outing) meant to be Press Day for the 2013 Airshow?

If so, is that the best the RAF have to offer for a Press Day? Showing aircraft that have been retired rather than something from the current inventory? Or was that the plan and the fog curtailed it?

It’s a bit like the Press Day for Flying Legends featuring Cessna 150’s and Cherokees.

Still nice to see the Jaguars trundling about though.

Regards,

kev35