Tornado final sightings

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Tornado flight inbound Cranwell south of Spalding @ 15.14
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FANG flight of two airborne at the moment according to FC - ZA601 and the 31 Sqn special tail. They've been to Liverpool for a PD.
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One just gone through Bournemouth for a PD, ZA587 I believe

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LN Strike Eagle wrote:FANG flight of two airborne at the moment according to FC - ZA601 and the 31 Sqn special tail. They've been to Liverpool for a PD.


Thought i heard something 'beefy', but annoyingly i'm 8 miles away and didnt know! :wall:
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Someone on FC said there's three more due up this afternoon. Wish people would share this stuff if they know.

Anyway, it seems routine flights might not be done with, so if you can take a punt on a day at the fence and don't mind drawing a blank, there's a sliver of hope.
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ZF716, Monster 2 above Marham @ 14.32

ZA587, Marhan 74 airborne @15.18

ZA587 2000ft over nottingham @15.27 heading East South East
edit.... PD into East Midlands Airport


ZA613 airborne @15.30
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2 up now

ZD716 Marham 09, just Pd'd at Liverpool and then over my house :clap:
ZA553 Marham 64 heading towards the far South West at 24000 ft

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ZA587 has been up this morning too.

Maybe three more flights this afternoon, like yesterday?

Don't think I'll see another one anyway. Even if my leg healed up in time, the weather looks grim.
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Marham 64 (ZA553) did a run and break into a visual circuit at Newquay this lunchtime.

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ZA587 and ZG775 (9 Sqn Tail) both up so far this afternoon.
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LN Strike Eagle wrote:ZA587 and ZG775 (9 Sqn Tail) both up so far this afternoon.


ZG775 did a pd to Liverpool..again and then over my house..again :grin:

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Great to see them in the Lichfield corridor yesterday, possibly for the last time..
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ZD744 and ZD716 both up at the moment.
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While sat in my house just now in Quedgeley Gloucestershire, i heard the VERY unusual (for this area) sound of a approaching fast jet, i ran out into the back garden just as a Tornado streaked right over my house very low banking to the left heading southeast. Wonderful sight. Goodbye old friend :clap:

Edit, Tornado ZD716 i belive made a farewell flypast over Staverton (Gloucester airport) earlier.

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Camo jet ZG752 should be working the local pattern for the next hour or so. Callsign Marham74.

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The last of the many RAF Tornado GR4 ZA463 currently airborne at 10,000ft over Marham @ 14.21

Goodbye old friend! :worship:
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