History of Tornado F3 ZE728?
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History of Tornado F3 ZE728?
I'm trying to find out the history of a Tornado F3, serial number ZE728. Does anyone know about this plane or have any suggestions about where I could look?
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The best place to find out the history of this Tornado wolud be Air Britain, or one of the many aircraft spotters web-sites. I do know this aircraft was wfu in June 2009 and is now part of the RTP at RAF Leeming.
Hope this helps
Hunty
Hope this helps
Hunty
News article on the plans for ZE728.
'Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell'
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell
TJ
'Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell'
JournalLive - News - Today's News - Former RAF fighter plane to be turned into a giant bell
TJ
Some images that might be of use in tracking the history?
Photo Search Results | Airliners.net
Air-Britain : ZE728
Images of ZE728 in Australia during 1988
A Different View Of Sydney - Page 9 - Sydney Airport Message Board
TJ
Photo Search Results | Airliners.net
Air-Britain : ZE728
Images of ZE728 in Australia during 1988
A Different View Of Sydney - Page 9 - Sydney Airport Message Board
TJ
Hank
I flew ZE728 on the following occasions as an instructor on 56 Squadron:
6 Jun 2000 Flew it on a 2-ship versus Hawks on OCU.
13 Jun 2000 Flew it for Queen’s Birthday Flypast practise
4 Aug 2000 Flew it as 4-ship versus a formation of 4x Tornado GR1 and 4x Jaguars
7 Aug 2000 Flew it instructing basic intercepts on OCU
I needed to be careful as there is also a ZG728 that I flew on many more occasions!!!
Good luck with your project.
LJ
I flew ZE728 on the following occasions as an instructor on 56 Squadron:
6 Jun 2000 Flew it on a 2-ship versus Hawks on OCU.
13 Jun 2000 Flew it for Queen’s Birthday Flypast practise
4 Aug 2000 Flew it as 4-ship versus a formation of 4x Tornado GR1 and 4x Jaguars
7 Aug 2000 Flew it instructing basic intercepts on OCU
I needed to be careful as there is also a ZG728 that I flew on many more occasions!!!
Good luck with your project.
LJ
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ZE728 was a twin-sticker. So probably spent most of her time on the OCU. The last time I knew her intimately was in summer 08 when she was with 43(F) Sqn. If she's only just been scrapped she would have moved to 111.
It spent some time on XXV(F) Sqn evidently, as it appears in my logbook more than once...
10/8/05 Live air-to-air gunnery against a Hawk (well, a banner towed by one) in Akrotiri
24/3/06 Bandit for a mate's convex
30/3/06 4-ship vs 4x F3 and 2x GR4
31/3/06 Redair against 4x F3 in OTA E (Northumberland)
5/6/06 Singleton day into night and AAR
23/6/06 1v1 ACT
1/8/06 TOO in OTA G (Wales)
2/8/06 TOO in OTA G (Wales)
28/2/07 2v2 landing at Coningsby
18/7/07 3v2 EPM vs FRA/Cobham
9/10/07 2v2 Wales
11/02/08 3v3 +2 Hawks ACT North Sea
12/2/08 In-house 2v1 oversea
Used to hate being in the back of T-birds, melting it down is the best thing for it
10/8/05 Live air-to-air gunnery against a Hawk (well, a banner towed by one) in Akrotiri
24/3/06 Bandit for a mate's convex
30/3/06 4-ship vs 4x F3 and 2x GR4
31/3/06 Redair against 4x F3 in OTA E (Northumberland)
5/6/06 Singleton day into night and AAR
23/6/06 1v1 ACT
1/8/06 TOO in OTA G (Wales)
2/8/06 TOO in OTA G (Wales)
28/2/07 2v2 landing at Coningsby
18/7/07 3v2 EPM vs FRA/Cobham
9/10/07 2v2 Wales
11/02/08 3v3 +2 Hawks ACT North Sea
12/2/08 In-house 2v1 oversea
Used to hate being in the back of T-birds, melting it down is the best thing for it
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