The one and only - Tornado F3

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The one and only - Tornado F3

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Noticed the F3 Farewell thread on aviation waffle so thought it would be good to start this - post as many pics as you like - the more the better
Heres a few to kick it off

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A collection of F3s at Leeming I did a while back, hence the needless copyright banner...
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Beautifull images of a - in my opinion - a stunning looking aircraft .
Almost painfull looking at pictures of 43 squadron machines in a busy Leuchars ,
The good old days :clap: :clap:

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WOW some crackers on here!
Great thread!
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Just these for now.

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Tornado F3 - Alive & Kicking! A few of my personal favourites from the last few years at Leuchars :

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Everytime I see that last photo, I struggle to find any words to suitably describe it. Just wow! The first shot of yours Mark is also a belter too - lucky man!

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Some poorly executed scans from the 80s and early 90s.

5Sqn ZG798
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11Sqn ZE764
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43Sqn ZE831
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56Sqn Firebird ZE785
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229 OCU ZE209
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229 OCU ZE253
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229 OCU/56(R) Fred Grundy at Boscombe in 1990
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I'm almost ashamed to post these now that I have seen those above. These shots taken with either a Praktica or a Pentax P30 using K64 film. Scanned on an old Epson scanner. Still they bring back great memories of the days when aircraft could carry some great markings/schemes.

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Ian, those are the type of shots I want to see. Look at all those lovely schemes and old Squadron markings!! :drool:

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Amazing photos the red and white one is great I remember that one
Great to see all to other colours of other squadrons too.
Cheers I am very happy to see them and hope to see more but especially from the airshow
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F3 Fanatic wrote:Amazing photos the red and white one is great I remember that one
Great to see all to other colours of other squadrons too.
Cheers I am very happy to see them and hope to see more but especially from the airshow
F3 Fanatic


Fred Grundy with the 'Red Zebra' was something of a legend and his display with the F3 was quite special.

Unfortunately it was around this time (1990ish) that the MOD decreed that the squadron markings had to be toned down. :question:

Great thread F3 Fanatic. There have been some superb shots posted here already - especially AndyB's.

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Think RIAT a couple of weeks ago might have been my last sighting of an F3.
Here's 3 I dug up from photobucket...

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A few from me.....

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Got loads more..... :smile:

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Conningsby,1990

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What ever happened to ZG753? The other colourful 111Sqn F.3........

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Unknown74 wrote:What ever happened to ZG753? The other colourful 111Sqn F.3........


Don't know; but this may be of some use...viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2844
Cheers,

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Just two from me - scanned from prints…

Taken high over the Irish Sea on 13th November 1996 from Tristar ZD953

ZE757 ‘GK’

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ZE207 ‘GC’, ZE755 ‘GJ’ and ZE834 ‘GM’

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Brilliant stuff folks! Keep them coming.

voodoo wrote:Conningsby,1990

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Any more of that special line up Voodoo??

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