Farewell F3

[27mm]

F3 final flypast at Coningsby - a real Health & Safety flypast by a 3 (couldn't even manage a 4) ship - end of another era and type....

[Wyler]

3 Ship over Boulmer at 1142, reminiscent of Measles at Mt Kent .

End of an era indeed. Great workhorse and will be missed.

[moggiee]

I'll miss it - you don't spend six years working with them without them leaving a mark on you.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

aaah, Mt Kent!
and A4 alley,
..and chasing down the package with several hundred knots of overtake. Oops, overspeed again!

[fabs]

Hopefully one for a fly through at Linton tomorrow about 11ish on its way to leeming.

[Geehovah]

Shame it wasnt better publicised. I was in the garden all day and missed it.

[draken55]

Tornado F3 Heads Up

The final F3 flight will takes place at 1000 on 28 March as the last aircraft depart Leuchars for Leeming.

[Always a Sapper]

Originally Posted by draken55

Tornado F3 Heads Up

The final F3 flight will takes place at 1000 on 28 March as the last aircraft depart Leuchars for Leeming.

That's about as much use as a chocolate fireguard if your BZN way, don't suppose there's any chance they could get a bit 'directionally challenged' on the way to Leeming and do a quick fly over Brize please... I won't tell honest

[bakseetblatherer]

Well if Fox3WheresMyBanana was the lead Nav, I would guarantee directional confusion. But I am afraid it may well be a pro Nav in the jet, whilst F3WMB is getting lathered about Leuchars and St As!

[30mRad]

Anyone willing to share photos of the flypasts?

[27mm]

Whatever happened to the F2s stored at St Athan?

[claron]

All the F2's stored at St Athan have long since gone. although a vast majority donated their centre Fuselage sections to the the F3's that were damaged by a certain aviation company during the 25FI programme.

[ghostnav]

Farewell F3 - a great lady of the skies who did herself proud for the UK.

[mustpost]

BBC contributor pic, so credit there, but this is what I saw..

[wub]

Not my pics

Tornado F3/111sqn - The End - Talk Photography

[dctyke]

So, 111 join the 'scramble' to get a F35 allocation, I somehow don't think we will see their silverware on display again..................

[Rovertime]

A couple of low level pics of last flights to Leeming. I missed out on the special tails yesterday unfortunately, wrong place at the wrong time and to far from the car when news of an avoid in the lakes reached me.


DSC_1894j by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_1907j by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_1914j by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_1976 by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_1982 by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_1980 by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_2560j by ed.evans75, on Flickr


DSC_2572j by ed.evans75, on Flickr

[PPRuNe Pop]

Once again! Please adjust the size of the pics to NO MORE than 850x850 - PPRuNe's size to fit pages. Thanks.

[Fishtailed]

End of an era.

Great photos of a great aircraft. I didn't even know about the last flights until a week later, nothing in the media, shame. At least parts of the ADV will live on in the remaining GR4s, the Navs hand controller for instance