Hi finch. shes not the only one. Xs458, XS925, Zf593 (though in the states now) XR724?, XS904? would all be candidates too.I think the last 2 have some FI left??

yes she could be potentially returned to flight. She would need millions spending on her for the UK so no chance over here, but, yes there is more than enough FI left on her, and another 3000 hours life remaining. we have only used ex saudi parts on her 1) because that is the F53 fit, and 2) because all of the Saudi stock we have, has paperwork and no more than 50% used life, hence all the components would be suitable for OEM overhaul in the uk. for instance the n01 jet pipe has 19 hours on it!:eek:

Though the engines are new, they would still have to be certified for uk use, and that is a problem in the UK, so yes SA or USA would be the sensible option. She has a few of correctable show stoppers at present. 1) both port and starboard stress panels ideally would need to be replaced, 2) port and starboard wing magnesium castings need replacing.3)small section starboard top wing skin has a similar issue that XH558 had, and would need to be fixed. All sortable though.

Count 904 out, Warton flew her to the last hour or so, nothing left of her FI, 728 is about the same, with abit more than 904, but not much, and has damage to her No1 engine bearer/wing panels, as you know

724 has nothing much left, which I why Warton retired her to Shawbury in 1990ish

925 was flown to the end of her FI

Not sure about 458, those last three T5’s that came out of Binbrook 452,328 and 458 had some time left, need someone to confirm how much though 😉

Cheers

Yeh Milt do tell :rolleyes:;)

It would have been cheaper to a restore a EE Lightning (under French or German registration) and fly it to the UK each Summer. After the type’s post-service safety record in South Africa, the CAA might even allow one to be flown with G-MARKings. Your not telling me that the EE Lightning is a more costly and complex aircraft to fly than the Vulcan?

Please lets not go there 😉

Forget it, seriously 😉

As i was at brunty the other day i was given a copy of the poster advertising the open day however i’ve misplaced it. Has anyone on the forum got a link or scanned copy of the poster so i can print it our and post around the noticeboards at work (RAF Cottesmore ) and obviously for anyone else to print out and put up in their workplaces

Thanks in advance
Matt W

Matt, Im working on it for you 😉

What are the badges on XR753 and XR725 fin?

Olllie, 11sdq’s 2 eagles in differing forms 😉

Hi Ollie, right here goes:

Mostly from Terry Seniors collection

XS928

XR726

XR728

XS919

XR770

XR754

XR753

XR725

Not all of them from the 9 ship, sorry, but some 😉

Heres line up from that wet day way back when :rolleyes:

I have many more here if your interested 😉

AA from number 5 squadron, is this XR770? the one now at waddo?

Yep Nash 😉

Ollie will these do ?

These two are from Terry Senior

Ollie, let me dig though all the shots I have here and see if I can dig up all the aircraft your after, might take a while though :rolleyes:

I can stick them here for you or put them in the Lightning photo thread, which one ? Or both ?

Few more

The Star fighter that was delivered just before the ‘do’ at very low level, on a car ferry :rolleyes:
It now resides at Bruntingthorpe 😉

728

🙂

The day before :rolleyes:

Cheers 🙂