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Old 13th Oct 2012, 10:16
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Tiger_mate
 
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Cosford used to have GR3s....
Yes....Jaguars

The Royal Navy are, I believe finished with using their deck manouvering school GR1/3/SHAR/GR9 and as such they are probably going through the disposal process. However actually getting hold of one is quite another matter.

The RN have the (ex-RAF) Harrier that held the Atlantic Crossing Record:
The shortest overall time between London and New York was by Squadron Leader Tom Lecky-Thompson flying a Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Harrier in 6 hours 11 minutes.
In 1969 XV741 took part in the transatlantic air race.
....and whilst I believe it was sourced from the Harrier Conversion Flight, it is bound to have served on 1(f) at some time and deserves much better treatment then that served by the senior service in recent years.
AL1 Some websites have it as a 1(f) Sqn machine.

*The fastest west-east was a Royal Navy Phantom*

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