RAF Harriers: Gone, but not forgotten..

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Macc
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RAF Harriers: Gone, but not forgotten..

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Just a small tribute to the aviation legend that hovered in the british skies for almost half a century. Can't believe they're all gone now, it's hard to think of them as nostalgia; I guess that's how it goes these days!

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30. '02/ZD321' - taxi-ing back after the RAF Leuchars display, my last ever photographed Harrier.
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Thanks,
Chris.
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Wonderful. Really liking #4. :up:
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Lovely set of photos :clap: :clap:

I'm puzzled by something on this subject..... what exactly has happened to them all at Cottesmore? Normally when a type has retired we see all sorts of movements by air / road to final destinations etc...

I haven't heard a thing since they retired.... have they just been mothballed in the hangars at Cottesmore and the hangars shut and left? Surely not.... I can't help thinking there's something going on by way of reserve contingency plan or the like. :question:
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Stashed in hangers and kept active/live for possible future sale according to AFM.


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Superb Tribute :cool: :cool: :cool:

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