XV(R) Squadron Tour/Flypast detailed...

[GWJPhantom]

Morning Gents,

Quick question , what is the plan with the GR4s after today will they be proceeding to Marham if so does anyone know when , or will it be the RTP route for some

Cheers Gareth

[CosmonautX]

According to the chap who led the Enthusiasts Event at Lossie on Wednesday, they only have two Tornados left now - the current MacRobert's Reply and 119, both of which are being used for the disbandment parade today, I believe.

[ranger703]

Morning Gents,

Quick question , what is the plan with the GR4s after today will they be proceeding to Marham if so does anyone know when , or will it be the RTP route for some

Cheers Gareth

There were 6 on the line at Lossie on the final day of XV Sqn operations ( 17th March) and possibly a further 1 aircraft elsewhere. I am not aware of any Tornado departures from Lossie since the 17th. I believe that some will go to Marham and some will go to RTP. Departures will probably begin from next week once they recover from the hangover of todays disbandment events.

[GWJPhantom]

Thanks Gents as I thought ,

Gareth

[jwramsay]

Seems like Lossie was done, so 5 Marham Tonkas took off, 1 bugged out and went back to base.

4 Assualted Lossie, and landed. 3 decided to head home and 1 stayed ONS

[Nnthusiast]

1 went tech over Tain, as they got there 25 minutes early, and so did some stuff there before the flyby and demo, breaking the old bird.
I don't know what reg the broken one was but hope it wasn't Pinky.

Not a bad beat up in poor weather, so plenty of bright burners and vapour off the wings during the, oh so short, demo.

[andrewn]

1 went tech over Tain, as they got there 25 minutes early, and so did some stuff there before the flyby and demo, breaking the old bird.
I don't know what reg the broken one was but hope it wasn't Pinky.

Hi, pretty sure there was no tech issue. Jackal 5 was "whipper in" and was cleared off once they were all formed up and in shape. He could (just) be seen streaking across the sea W-E at low level a few mins prior to the 4-ship flybys. According to my PPm and Gary's heads up posts it was ZA550.

[toom317]

I've heard that the pink one is U/S, and hasn't been flying recently.