The weekend of June 3rd and 4th saw another hurdle jumped for Phantom F-4J(UK) ZE360 and the BPAG Team. The first J79 engine has now been removed from the aircraft for the first time since at least February 1991 with the weekend providing some steep learning curves for the team. https://live.staticf...

Ok, so a long overdue update on all things BPAG. April really has been a blur. Not to put too finer point on the matter, we had to complete a number of things all within the space of a few very short weeks. 1. Lay a large concrete slab - check 2. Relocate the aircraft and other stores from the taxiw...

The month of November saw the ZE360 BPAG restoration team finally expel most of the gremlins that had held up the work over the last 6 months and culminated in a number of important objectives achieved over the weekend of the 26th and 27th. It`s certainly been some time since the last update, howeve...

Here’s an interesting and unusual contribution to the BPAG collection. This Turn Around Guide and newspaper article have been generously donated by John Waterhouse, whose late father Lt. Cdr Paul Waterhouse was ex-F4 aircrew, and who provided the following background information- “My father was one ...

A selection of instruments and panels kindly donated by one of our supporters, Bob Daniels. Bob has spent many years collecting a wide variety of Phantom parts and equipment and earlier this year made the incredibly selfless decision to donate the majority of his collection to the group. We’ll be sh...

Hi there guys, did these aircraft actually land at Edinburgh Airport or RAF Leuchars? Or did they fly up then turn back? Also where over Edinburgh was their finishing line? According to our contacts at the 74 Sqn Association, they never directly overflew anywhere as going supersonic over land wasn'...

We are a couple of days late with this one, so apologies for the delay… July 1st 1987 saw the successful London to Edinburgh speed record undertaken by F-4J(UK)s of 74 Squadron, with Ian Gale and Ned Kelly aboard ZE360 and Cliff Spink and Steve Smyth in ZE361. ZE361 pipped the BPAG’s ZE360 to the po...

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Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:17 pm

I notice the repainted Aircraft at Boulmer, is that the former Red Tailed Phantom gate guard?

It is indeed, yes.

We weren't involved in the repaint, just to be clear, we happened to have an eagle eyed supporter who sent us the pic a day or so after it was completed.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52129002269_dcbf181270_o.jpg The British Phantom Aviation Group return to Cosford this Sunday, 12th June. You will be able to find us between hangars 15 & 16, next to the F-35. XV490 will be onsite, the cockpits will be open, the BPAG crew are ready to chat and o...

If you are located close to Arc Cinemas in the Nottingamshire area, XV490 will be making making appearances at showings of the film this coming weekend. ARC Cinema - Hucknall - Friday 27 May. The cockpit will be present outside the cinema from 5pm until 8.30pm ARC Cinema - Beeston - Saturday 28 May....

To mark the recent allocation of the 19 Sqn designation to the CRC facility at Boulmer, XV415 has received a partial repaint. Although the aircraft itself never served with 19 Sqn, the unit operated the FGR.2 as part of RAFG between 1977-92 and deployed to Cyprus during Desert Storm in 1990. https:/...

Further to the recent post (above) we are now able to confirm more events that XV490 will be attending during 2022, with opportunities for cockpit visits as well as chances to meet and chat with ex-F4 aircrew and groundcrew members. Exclusive Phantom merchandise will also be available at some events...

We are pleased to be able to confirm our first event of the 2022 season. The British Phantom Aviation Group will be attending the Falklands 40th Anniversary/Cold War Call Up at Newark Air Museum on the weekend of 30th April/1st May. XV490’s cockpits will be open for visits, our merch/display stall w...

The BPAG are happy to announce that we are now full members of Aviation Heritage UK (formerly The British Aviation Preservation Council) and would like to thank the committee for accepting us into their organisation. We will look forward to being an active part of the UK’s national body for the pres...

The BPAG are honoured and delighted to have recently been in receipt of a generous donation from Nigel Marks who, among his many notable achievements in service, was part of the ‘Tiger Trail’ flights that brought the F-4J(UK) to the UK in 1984 and was also the RAF’s F-4 display nav during the 1990 s...

Over the last few months, the Group has received a number of generous donations which we will post details of in the coming weeks. We'll begin with this one, the relevance of which will no doubt be obvious. This is the sticktop from XT597, which was presented to Laurie Hilditch after 597’s final fli...

It is with a very sad heart that I post this to members of the BPAG For those who knew of him or served with him on the F4 at RAF WATTISHAM, and that is the Passing of Callum McLucas - "Tiny" over the Christmas Break I personally knew Tiny for 2 years whilst he was at RAF MARHAM as FS - B-Shift - I...

This month’s issue of FlyPast magazine features a whole section dedicated to the Phantom, which includes a 10 page article about F-4J(UK) operations, written by BPAG secretary Tony Clay. In the shops now or available to order from the Key Publishing website- https://shop.keypublishing.com/issue/View...

As the Christmas break will soon be upon us, the British Phantom Aviation Group would like to take a moment to send everyone our best wishes for the season. Thank you all for your support and enthusiasm during 2021. We will return in 2022, in what is shaping up to be a busy and eventful year. Everyo...

After two long days on the road, another item has now joined the BPAG display collection. We are pleased to say that we have the undercarriage training rig from the Phantom Ground School at RAF Coningsby. On loan to us from Mike Davey, it will join the hydraulic systems trainer rig that BPAG were gi...