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Joined: Nov 2001
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From: London Whipsnade Wildlife Park
They visited Hurn on Maintenance. Would have been 1986 summer, one melted a van parked behind. Engineer accidentally hit reheat during a ground engine run. I was on my aerodrome course at the NATS air traffic college. Loud boom was heard one lunchtime and then flames. We thought something had crashed, airport fire service deployed, then the following day I was told what had happened.
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From: Near a very good pub in rural Oxfordshire :-)
Joined: Feb 2006
Aviation Qualifications: LAME
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From: Falling off the end of the thread
Last one I saw was in Denmark late 70's during a Standards Nav Ex to Copenhagen in a Puma with Dick Langworthy as Captain.. we landed for fuel and taxied past one with the back end off having runs I think, lots of discussions as to what it was as the angle it was parked didn't help identify it.
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From: BOQ
lots of discussions as to what it was
There was a wealthy dual-citizenship (So. Africa/US) guy who owned a flyable ex-Danish F-100F and kept it at El Paso Intl in 2003. Beautiful machine painted in Tbird display colors. Talked to his civvy crew chief at the time who said the guy's intent was to trade it in on a 2-seat F-106B. Right.
The rich guy also owned the only existing example of the old McDonnell 4-engine biz-jet which competed for sales with the Lockheed Jetstar....and lost. Evidently, his intention at the time was to restore it to a reliably flyable condition for trips between the US and So Africa.
