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Old 8th Mar 2006, 15:12
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Low levelhell - the ones in Cyprus in the 80s were mainly Navy Mk5's rejigged to RAF Mk 2 Spec and had a horrid traffic light rad alt system and a drop tank on the port side for another 2-300 lbs of fuel. If you have got the ones that were taken out of Cyprus a couple of years ago, they will probably be RAF Mk2s through and through and possibly ex NI. There was so much robbing and plundering of remaining airframes in the last few years to get the required spares that you may have got a complete mishmash of airframes, engines and spares.
Have you got the military tail numbers? I know that makes me sound like a spotter but a journey through the log book might shed some history on them
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