I may be wrong but I did hear that the aircraft was actually privately owned and left on display at the airfield by permission of the Stn Comdr

That is what I thought, no idea who the owner is though. I did think that her days were numbered when a shiny Tornado GR1 with a thick coat of paint and a blacked out canopy appeared in our hangar at Marham a couple of years back, destined for only one place. But she has survived this far. The Fire section do give her an occasional wash, but only what can be reaches easily. I do still fear her days must be numbered though, such a shame with so few examples left of a type that was still in service less than 15 years ago!

If anyone has any photos of her being installed infront of SHQ, I’d love to see them! Must have been a logistical nightmare!

hope she’s got more fight left in her yet!!!!

p_j

Thanks for clearing that up, not fair is it? Specially as u see piccies of Davis Monthon and u see lines and lines of aircraft sat there 🙁

I was detached there a while back, here’s a couple of pics I took. The scale of the place was mind blowing. At the time they were converting some of the F4’s stored there to be unmanned targets.

At least those F4’s were serving a purpose.

I was looking at the site a few weeks ago and thinking the same thing Peter, surely someone must know the state of play?

i hope it get’s preserved in this scheme she looks awsom:diablo: .
paul

It’d be aweful if all the hard work getting her looking so good was wasted by hiding her away at Cosford and letting her be mauled by new trainees, she deserves to be in a museum for sure!

Hello all

Hi folks. I’ve followed this thread with great interest over the last few weeks and thought I’d finally post. I’m a complete novice to the photography game, but have always seen great photo opportunities that I never manage to catch quite right. So following the untimely death of my trusty Sony Cybershot, I’m considering replacing it with a DSLR instead, to see if it’s the camera or my lack of talent ruining all my attempts at taking good photos!

Obviously if it transpires that’s it’s me letting the side down, any gear purchased can be sold on and I can go back to a standard digital camera and try and find another hobby!

With that in mind, I’ve been looking at the Canon EOS 400d and the Nikon D40x. I’ve never used either so am not biased towards a particular make. Both seem to be available for around the same price so I was wandering is there anything in particular that makes one slightly better than the other?

Here’s a photo I took with my trusty sony back in 2005. It’s in Canada in the middle of a storm we thought was going to end the world! I know the foreground isn’t focused properly and it’s not the best photo in the world! But it was taken with the camera in my hand in what felt like gale force winds! I was still proud of it, but from that moment on, I’ve always though I could of maybe done better with a better camera!

Apologies for the hijack by the way!

It was indeed, but it was split at Scampton 25 years ago by Vulcan engineers. Could prove interesting.

That Engine looks immaculate! Is it zero hours or just very well looked after?

p_j

That’s correct Peter, looks like She’s going to be positioned between the end of 1 hangar and TIW.

prior to repaint