Isn't that what I said?

I missed that, I suppose great minds and all that... :)

My lasting memory of the Jag will be watching it race down the runway at Akrotiri headed for Saudi at the start of Op Granby in Aug 1990.

Over wing winders, tanks up the ying yang; there was no sign of any Bernoullis. It got to the Air Terminal looking like it had more downforce than a Formula 1 car. Rotate, attitude changed, still no Bernoullis!

End of runway appeared still no Bernoullis. Wheels snapped up, still no Bernoullis but fortunately all downhill to the sea. Like many flights in that period, a Leeming Herc departure with rockets on springs to mind, there didn't seem to have been too many performance calculations carried out.

The comments always came from those staying on the ground; "Full jet, full burner, it will be fine sir!"

French could be using one for Trials work, I've seen two types flying post operational out of service dates by a couple of years (for example The last Lightning I every saw flying was in mid 1991 (out of service in 1988 and being used as radar trials aircraft by BAe) and Tornado F3 (saw flying twice in 2012 or 13, out of service in 2010. Being used on Meteor AAM Trials). More likely an Alpha Jet or Mirage F1 though (The French were helping Liyba reactivate their F1 fleet).

Doubt it was a Jaguar unless the Indians have deployed one up to France.

Rumour mill has it that the Nigerians are looking to bring theirs back into service (they were certainly advertising for qualified engineers a couple of months back). Connected perhaps?

54 SQN Jet recovering from the SA. :)

NAF Jaguars were retired 22 years ago and goodness knows what the storage conditions have been and has there been any preventative maintenance. Scrap only IMO

jaguar taxying
 

Er Nutloose,

Don't forget the Cranwell jobbies as well... They taxy too, though none of them fast, as I believe the reheat is Balked on all of them

I thought the Jag needed reheat to taxy?

I'll get my coat.

You just reminded me of this one. Are all the Boscombe Down / Qinetiq Jags now retired? A quick Google of XX145 bring up a photo of it in pieces at Buntingthorpe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...rfordXX145.jpg

We've had this conversation before and apparently BAe had looked at them with regard to refurbishing them and flogging them off, but they decided they were to far gone.



I was being nice as the odd person on here does not like me ridiculing the old leaf blower....Doh!!

exMud, see post #16

gr4techie

I know, I helped fit a bit back on it.

Wander00
 

I got the Jag Mate off-spring on the case - he's now with Airbus in Toulouse - and is pretty sure there are no Jags flying in France. However he said there are Singapore A4s still at Cazaux.


Could they be confused? I don't know!


Courtney Mil


I used to cycle from Fleurance area to Valence and Beaumont on occasion - your part of the world?

B48 - many thanks -


think I am a bit further north - 80km NE of La Rochelle, near Fontenay le Comte and Niort


Cheers


W

We ran a weapons trial at Rainforest with the Jag doing everything required of it. 525 kts at 150 ft wasn't bad.

More a case of you being so predictable. Every time there was a Jag thread you trotted out the same tired old jokes. Most were about as funny as getting an abscess on your ****.

S-D

See exmudmover, I told you he would spout off a diatribe of verbage at me... And he proved me correct.

I'm not really bothered what you say about the Jag. Never worked on them, flown them or had any dealings with them. You've had some real flamings off others besides me.

Your jokes were just old, and I'm not even sure any of them were yours! Some of them were funny once.

S-D