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    Quote Originally Posted by Brit plumber View Post
    We have a Tornado F3 and a Phantom on the gate, a EE Lightning on XI Sqn (Not as good as it may look) and another EE Lightning on 29 Sqn. 41 have a Tornado Gr4 tail with art on it and also a Jag tail.

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    I'm pretty sure the Lowestoft Harrier would have been scrapped. When I saw it in the black top hangar at Wittering in 2005 it was dissolving from the salt corrosion and the cockpit had sheared off behind the EJ Seat. All the crash recovered Harriers were in that Hangar as the RAF didn't know how to dispose of them economically due to the large amount of Composites in the structure. Same as Typhoon, when DK crashed at China Lake, it was brought back to the UKicon in a C17 and its been sat around for the last 9 years with only about 23 flying hours consumed out of a life of 6000hrs. No one knows what to di with it.
    I often wondered what happened to DK, it's a criminal waist of public money just leaving it damaged.. that said I bet that hanger queens been stripped of anything serviceable by now!

    When you consider how long the Typhoons been in service, it's​ had an exceptional safety record with very few losses accross all users.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrclark303 View Post
    I often wondered what happened to DK, it's a criminal waist of public money just leaving it damaged.. that said I bet that hanger queens been stripped of anything serviceable by now!

    When you consider how long the Typhoons been in service, it's​ had an exceptional safety record with very few losses accross all users.
    Long stripped for parts. Last time I saw it was just a shell and a bad one at that.

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