By: Phantom Phil - 22nd November 2012 at 13:46
Quite right SF! Here is a picture of GR.4 ‘549’ taken in August this year…
Tornado GR4 ZA549 by Paul-Green, on Flickr
Tornado GR4 ZA549 by Paul-Green, on Flickr
Tornado GR4 ZA549 by Paul-Green, on Flickr
Tornado GR4 ZA549 by Paul-Green, on Flickr
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2012 at 10:43
ZA549
Ive checked its def ZA549 in TMS
By: pagen01 - 22nd November 2012 at 10:05
Second that SF, would be great to see ’02’ in its BAe development colours, and be ideal for display at Cosford.
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd November 2012 at 09:41
GR4
I could be wrong whit the Number! Thanks David it would be a shame if the F2 prototype was scrapped – A01 has gone as has AO3 leaving AO2 as a prime exhibit for Cosford!- back in her old colours- i have some shots i took of her at Warton back in 1983 during one of my visits
By: David Burke - 22nd November 2012 at 00:16
ZA594 came out of TMS and by the sound of it was replaced by something with a very similar serial! I will make some enquiries regards the F.2
By: Rocketeer - 21st November 2012 at 22:35
Dear old A02! Hope she does get saved. She was at Boscombe for years. One of my jobs was doing her flying lims in 1992. Never flew in her. Only ZD900
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st November 2012 at 22:29
Tornado GR4 GI Airframe
ZA549 is the airframe in use as a GI aircraft – it doesn’t wear an M number as its still a potential flyer
By: David Burke - 21st November 2012 at 21:06
It was in the weapons loading training building in July . Reports of it having replaced the TMS GR.4 Tornado which came out for return to flight.
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st November 2012 at 20:57
actually i was wrong its the second F2- but still gone from TMS- now replaced with a GR4
By: David Burke - 21st November 2012 at 20:57
It would be no use to the RTP programme. It was reported in the school very recently.
By: Dr. John Smith - 21st November 2012 at 20:15
Tornado F2 Prototype ZA267
…might be in the Ground School as a working training airframe?
Reported as still being at Marham in August 2012 as a ground instructional airframe, according to http://www.demobbed.org.uk/aircraft.php?type=1100
That is not to exclude the possibility of ZA267 being roaded to Leeming for RTP, but if it gone there anytime in the past four months. I’m sure that someone would have noticed and reported it on the ‘net by now…
By: Rigga - 21st November 2012 at 19:49
…might be in the Ground School as a working training airframe?
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