Tonka F3 - The flying flick knife

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Finningley Boy
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CH2 wrote:
aceyone wrote:Thanks everone for posting pics of what I consider to be the best looking aircraft ever built,sure going to miss ! ps Chris ,that 2nd ( smaller photo ) would I be correct in saying that was Fred Grundys old ship from the eighties ?


I don't know who the crew were, but that was taken at Finningley in 1988 in the old 2290CU/65Squdron. Seems like only yesterday though! I think the Firebirds ship is 92 or 93.

If it was 1992 it would have been Archie Neil of 25 sqn doing the honours. 1993 would be Jerry Goatham (think I've got the spelling right) of 56sqn/229 OCU.

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Resurrecting this thread given today's occasion

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Finally I can add something :yahoo:

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CH2
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The final ever 3 ship formation of the F3 pictured at Coningsby on 9th July 2012 at 13:55 . :sad:
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Only seems like they were entering service five minutes ago, it took me a while to warm to it but I will miss the old girl.

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awesome post! :clap:

heres some from dettachments of old...

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My only photo I have..Taken sometime around 1997/1998 RAF Leeming.

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Looking at these, it does seem remarkable that the F-4 Phantom replacement [the Tornado F3] has come and gone too - while over in Germany they still retain the Phantom, albeit in reduced numbers. Not for much longer admittedly. Was it not possible to refurbish the best UK F-4 examples and give them an extended life? Reading ukserials.com - many of those Tornado F3's had rather short flying careers, certainly the later production ones, some fewer than 15 years.

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20 July 2011, ZH552 passing through the Bwlch.
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Low Level QinetiQ Tornado F3. by nxgphotos, on Flickr

ZE159, from 111Sqn, leaving RIAT 2002. Scanned from slide.
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ZE159, Panavia Tornado F.3 by nxgphotos, on Flickr

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Re: Tonka F3 - The flying flick knife

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Where have most of these airframes ended up?I know some were at Leeming and a couple have gone to museums.The rest have been reduced to scrap?

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jonny7
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Couple of slide copies.Not the best but who cares..

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A few more.. :smile:

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A few from the West Country:
Chivenor 1993
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St Mawgan 2006
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St Mawgan 1990
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St Mawgan 1998
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