Yes John did deliver a number of those jets to Cranfield. BJ was also the Lightning display pilot for two seasons.

A former Lightning pilot and friend of mine had the code BJ displayed on his jet. This was because his name was John Aldington, or BJ, as he was known.

The Hunter XF995, last flew while at Boscombe Down, but during a touch and go around, the engine seized and the pilot did a great job to get her down. The jet was then transported by lorry to Scampton and never flew again. The pilot told me, he almost had to eject, before making the runway. Lucky guy.

Great set of photos and it just reminds us of what we once had.

Reduce the number of Politicians & use the money to find the 2 Wedgetails which were not bought. Simple. Unfortunately the people at the MOD f****d up big time, when the singed the contract for the five jets. Even though the cancelled two jets, they still have to pay for them. Not only that, they w...

Just cast your mind back to those good old days, when they introduced bag checking before. This led to long queues and many unhappy punters.

Keep calm and enjoy the day.

Maltese Air Wing (AS9819) was seen performing crew training at Exeter today.

I've tried to get the RAF museum at Cosford interested in this Basset, but they were not interested. Which is a real shame.

XE688 has just got airborne from Boscombe and is heading for Leeming.

The jet was seen doing its usual thing low over Portland Bill on Wednesday, which was nice.

I've heard its 09.00 hrs

Just to add to the John Hurrell thread. John flew for Hunter Flying club at Exeter for many years and he was one of the best pilots we had down there. Oh happy times.

I see ZF510 is out and about today with c/s ETP 04.

Gents

Is there any truth in the story that the two based Tucanos are due to be wfu this week?

Cheers

Freebird

Its been doing o/s at Exeter

Rob, I think your jet was ZA355, which was on its was from Swansea to White Waltham. The jet is then due to go to Duxford.

Does anyone know if Strikemaster G-FLYY is still here?

I've seen it said they are all due to be retired at the end of January. Time will tell.

I have a letter from the MOD dated October 20th 2017 which says ZJ948 will be transferred to Shawbury for long term storage. ZJ945 is also due to go there as well, while ZJ940 is going to Warton for work to commence to return it to flight.

Hope this helps.

Chris I think you'll find that's WV322.

Jeff