It's the turn of 1991, the year of freedom (driving = independence). Some locations will be very deja vu.....did I say that before ?
As always, being photos of old photos, they are as fuzzy as a photo of Nessie. But hey, I don't mind if you don't

These are only a fraction of what I took, but gives you guys a flavour of the old types that we took for granted so much then......
East Surrey College, Redhill
DH Sea Devon G-KOOL (VP967). I ended a previous post with it, so I'll start one with it too. Looked better presented by then

Vallance Byways, Charlwood. Wasn't open to visitors, so this was an illegal visit, where I drove in slowly and took piccies from inside car.
Hunter (E-430 ex-Danish). Strangely, currently reported to be headed for East Surrey College, Redhill.....

Shackleton WR974, now separated from its twin WR982, and at Bruntingthorpe

Meteor VZ638, still there but inside and repainted

Whirlwind XP398, plus Datsun. Currently, no-one seems to know where it's gone, unknown (Whirlwind, not Datsun)

Sea Prince G-DACA (WF118), now separated from its twin WP308, and at St Athan

Pembroke N46EA (XK885), broke up the love triangle and eloped off to St Athan with WF118

Canberra WH773, now departed these shores to Germany and the museum at Weeze (must've walked there)

Sea Vixen XS587, still there and now inside. This is one of my favourite aircraft photos, guess why......


Park Aviation Supply Yard, Faygate. Again illegal, jumped over back gate, nobody there anyway. Work lunchbreak
Hawker P.1127 Kestrel XP976, near the end of its life

Worthy of a second one. Returned 6 months later, and the fuselage was in several sections. A wreck, but an interesting one

Anonymous Canberra nose, sandwiched between fence and Harrier wings. Any ideas as to its identity please ?? Ta

North Weald Airshow
Yak-11 G-KYAK, now apparently flying as D-FMAX in Germany

Tornado ZA606 from 45 sqn, Honington in special scheme. No longer with us

T-33A 54-21261 based at Duxford, sadly crashed there on landing 6/9/06, both crew survived ok

Harvard modified N15798 based at Duxford, now flying as VH-ZRO at Brisbane, Australia

Hispano HA-1112 #14 with Charles Church at Micheldever, currently no idea......

Hispano HA-1112 G-BOML based at Duxford. Crashed in Barcelona 25/9/99 killing pilot Mark Hanna. Big respect, he was one of the greats

RAF Shackleton WR963, now wonderfully ground-running at Baginton

TB-25N Mitchell 430823 based at North Weald, now based in Texas

Hunter G-BOOM (ET-274 ex Danish), now #800 with Jordan Historic Flight

A-26 Invader 434602 from Scandanavian Historic Flight, with Yak-11 G-KYAK

Mildenhall Air Fete
USAF T-43A from West Buckley

RAF Chipmunk WP981 from 5 AEF Cambridge, now flying as VH-SHX in Australia

RAF Tornado ZA447 based for a while in Saudi Arabia for the Gulf War. Currently with DSAE at Cosford

RAF Jaguar XZ367 based as above. Currently with DSAE at Cosford as well, discussing the good old days with his Tornado friend

RAF Buccaneer XV352 based as above (hat-trick), nose now at Manston Museum

USAFE F-4G Phantoms from Spandahlem, Germany

USAF B-52G from Griffiss, New York.......cool tail

(The) Vulcan XH558, then based at Scampton, now at Doncaster Sheffield Robin Hood steals from the rich former base Finningley airport

Caen Airport, France
Mystere IIC 52, now dismantled at Orange Museum. Special one this : my first aircraft photo abroad

NC2501 Noratlas 180, still stored there

Fellow stored Noratlas 100......well, half of it anyway. That doesn't make it 50. The rest is a sorry tail. Now scrapped, so definitely now 0

Villperdue (middle of Loire nowhere)
Vertol H-21C banana ex-French Army FR60 outside scrapyard......still there in the same state

Laval Airport (middle of Brittany nowhere)
FAF Xingu 098 based at Avord. A very pleasant surprise

Biggin Hill Air Fair
Spitfire PM631 on terminal ramp, with the BoBMF, Coningsby

Him again. Vulcan XH558 landing on arrival day

Static was packed. RAF Hawk XX290 from 4 FTS, Valley in old scheme. Now sitting wfu at St Athan

RAF Tornado ZE832 from 111 sqn, but with Pilot's Pals sticker on tail.......remember them, chaps ? (mmmmm !!)


Another RAF 4 FTS Hawk, XX338.....apologies, but it's good to see the other old scheme

Spitfire MH434 from OFMC, Duxford....in Belgian AF colours. Nice

F4U-7 Corsair 133722 based at Duxford, now privately flying in Oregon, USA

RAF Jaguar XZ399, again from the Saudi Arabia based force, taking part in the Iraq live demonstration airshow. Now at DSAE Cosford with others

And there's the hat-trick (blame the World Cup)......Mr XH558 bringing on the noise

Fokker F-27 Netherlands AF from Soesterberg doing a handbrake landing

Hurricane PZ865 with the BoBMF, Coningsby

Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne
Hunter XG254, now at Flixton Museum

Meteor WD686, now recently moved and stored dismantled at Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum

RAF Lakenheath
F-100D Super Sabre 63319, still there preserved at gate

RAF Marham fire dump
most of Victor XL192, scrapped around 1995

all of Victor XH675, scrapped around 1993

I believe this was Victor XL189, scrapped soon after, with anonymous Vulcan nose.......any ideas of identity ? Thanks in advance

Park Aviation Supply Yard, Charlwood
Wasp XT788, was used as a travelling exhibit for charity for years. Now stored at Storwood, Yorkshire

IAT Fairford. Statics only, as arrivals I've covered on another post 24/1/18. Check it out. Go on........shoo
FAF CM170 Magister from EC12, Cambrai base flight

Tiger FAF CM170 Magister from GI312, Salon De Provence

GAF Antonov An-26 from TS-24, Dresden.....retired not long after in 1993

Tiger GAF RF-4E Phantom from AKG52, Leek

Oh yes.....Czech AF Mig-23ML from Ceske Budejovice

Just as yummy Czech AF Antonov An-12 from Kbely.....only one they had

blue RAF Phantom XT899, now retired and gifted to the Czech museum at.........yep, Kbely !!

Tiger FAF Mirage F.1C from EC12, Cambrai

Tiger F-104S Starfighter from 53 stormo, Cameri, Italy

Tiger Fiat G-91T from Beja, Portugal

Favourite for me.....USN EA-3B Skywarrior from Rota, Spain......they retired later that year

RAF Jaguar XZ112 from Coltishall in 54 sqn special scheme, now at DSAE Cosford

Czech AF Tu-134A from........yep, Kbely

RAF Phantom XT907, 74 sqn Wattisham......now stored at Bentwaters with Everettt Aero

Bournemouth Airshow (Hurn Airport, not seafront)
RAF Buccaneer XX885 from 208 sqn Lossie, in Gulf War hemp. Now stored at Scampton

RN Sea Devon XJ319, now VH-DVE stored Warnervale, Australia

RAF Buccaneer XV342 from 237 OCU, Lossie. No longer with us

DH Sea Vixen XJ580 preserved memorial Christchurch, now at Tangmere Museum

Stampe SV-4B B-38 in Belgian colours, outside Acebell Aviation hangar, Redhill. No info found on this at all.......sorry !!

Helitech Airshow, Redhill
Auster/Beagle WZ711 privately owned Middle Wallop, now stored at SYAM Doncaster

RAF Wessex XS676 from 2 FTS, Shawbury, now no longer with us

MoD Sea King ZG829 from Boscombe Down, crashed and burned there 20/10/92

RAF Wessex XV733 from Queens Flight, Benson. Now at Rotorcraft Museum, Weston Super Mare

Sea King from Koksijde, Belgian Navy

Civvie alert !! EH-101 Heliliner G-OIOI from Yeovil

And again, sort of. Whirlwind G-AYXT (XK940), privately owned, Redhill. Now at Rotorcraft Museum, WSM

Back to Charlwood
Gannet XL472, now used as spares for XL500 at St Athan

Venom FB50 J-1605 still there, but inside

Buccaneer XN923, now in better shape and repainted

IWM Duxford, only a few outdoor shots
Yak-11 27 (G-OYAK)........no idea now

PBY-5A Catalina 'JV928', scrapped 27/6/12 at Weston Airport, Ireland

Wessex XS863 still there, inside

Victor B1 XH648 still there, inside......only Mk.1 left

Lastly.....visiting Vampire FB50 SE-DXY with Scandanavian Historic Flight.....had only just joined it. Made my day, this one !!

That's all folks, hope you enjoyed another chapter of my aircraft journey. If you're infectious, I'll catch you again soon.
C+C always welcome, good or bad. Happy snapping, chaps.
Rupe
