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Old 23rd May 2014, 21:57
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Binners, mid 80's there was a F100 in nice colours with 'Flight Systems' painted somewhere on the nose I think. Just been reminiscing with a pal and neither of us can remember what it did or who it flew for. Anyone shed any light for two old persons with synapse failure?
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Tracor Flight Systems (later taken over by BAE) flew F-100F's for use by the German AF, they were based in Germany (Wittmund iirc) and did target tug work for the F-4F's. They're still there as BAE SYSTEMS, now flying A-4 Skyhawks.

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Old 23rd May 2014, 22:46
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Cheers. Why were they flying from Binbrook then? This would have been around '86.
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That's not Binbrook..................
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........the sky is blue
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An F-100 in those colours was parked in a hangar at RAE Farnborough for a while in around 1990-91.
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Flight Systems also used the F-100 for Dart towing for the German Air Force until around 1987:




There is a nice privately owned F-100F flying displays in the USA:


Dean 'Cutter' Cutshall's Beautiful F-100F


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I think that pic of the white F-100 was taken at Mojave airport, CA.

F-100s can still be found there.
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That's not Binbrook..................
I wouldn't be so sure - the runway looks a bit like that these days!

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The F100 pic looks like the ones used for weapons testing and flying out of Mojave. I saw them there around 1980 when is was flying there working on my ATP.
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The pic at #4 is at Mohave - it is captioned at the site I linked above.
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Danish F100s were regular visitors to Lossie in the mid 70s.
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Those Tracor F100's seemed to get around. There was one in the FRA hangar at Bournemouth back in the early 80's.
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A few more pics of the Tracor F-100s:








Tracor also had some much better aircraft which were operated out of Mojave, CA !






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Those Tracor F100's seemed to get around. There was one in the FRA hangar at Bournemouth back in the early 80's.
Mid to late 90s maybe. if I remember correctly, two went in to have their torque boxes replaced due to corrosion
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Thing wrote

Why were they flying from Binbrook then? This would have been around '86.
Was it 1987? Super Saber was deployed for trials at Binbrook. Were they also conducting trials in 86?

and an earlier ‘Century Series’ fighter, namely a Flight Systems TF-100F Super Sabre, that had been based for trials at Binbrook during the summer months.
The UK's Last Last Lightning era...

The Super Sabre was on static for the Open Day during 1987. Images at following links.

August 22, 1987

Photos: North American F-100F Super Sabre Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Photos: North American F-100F Super Sabre Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

June 1988

Photos: North American F-100F Super Sabre Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
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Old 25th May 2014, 20:53
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Originally Posted by OK465
The guys that flew for FS that I had flown the -100 with would probably have had some reservations about calling the F-4C a much better aircraft...
Maybe, but, the pics RAFEngO posted are F-4D's...

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N422FS and N423FS were also two of the C's FSI operated, got some pics of 'em somewhere...

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