Buccaneers - non squadron aircraft.....

[xkekeith]

A few shots of Buccaneers used for development and testing of both the aircraft and associated kit:

XN923 Buccaneer S1 ex RAE scanned from a K64 slide taken at Charlwood in 1991:
XN923 Buccaneer S1 RAE by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

And more recently at a nightshoot:
XN923 Buccaneer S.1 ex Boscombe Down by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XN964 Buccaneer S1 now at Newark previously served with the RRE:
XN964 Buccaneer S.1 ex RRE by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XN974 Buccaneer S.2A at Elvington ex RAE Bedford:
XN974 Buccaneer S.2A ex RAE Bedford by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XV337 Buccaneer S2C ended up as a BDR airframe at Abingdon previously with the A&AEE:
XV337 / 8852M Buccaneer S2C ex A&AEE BDRF RAF by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

'Nightbird' XV344 Buccaneer S2C DRA Farnborough at a RAF Finningley show used on TIALD trials
XV344 Buccaneer S2C DRA Farnborough by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XV350 Buccaneer S2B development airframe used by BAE / RAE now at the East Midlands Airport Aeropark
XV350 Buccaneer S.2B BAe / RAE by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XW987 Buccaneer S2 at Boscombe Down in 1992 and then landing at Fairford in 1994 with the same mis-matched panels:
XW987 Buccaneer S2 A&AEE by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

XW987 Buccaneer S2 A&AEE by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Sister ship XW988 Buccaneer S2 also landing at Fairford in the classic yellow and black scheme:
XW988 Buccaneer S2 A&AEE Boscombe Down yellow / black c/s by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Finally XX897 Buccaneer S2B(mod) with a modified nose used to test the Foxhunter radar for the Tornado ADV, photographed at Bournemouth in 1998. Was kept in running condition for a while but is now painted in a non standard colour scheme and displayed at a museum in Shannon:
XX897 Buccaneer S2B(mod) ex RAE Bedford by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

[Mustang531]

Very nice, another sadly missed type from airshows. Thank you for sharing these.

[iainpeden]

The Buccaneer at East Midlands Aeropark was being given some tlc on Sunday and had the canopy open.

[Blackcat1]

Can't the beat the classics

Thanks for sharing

[eLaReF]

Living in Scotland and visiting Lossiemouth more than a few times, I logged lots of Buccaneers
Except for most of this lot!!
Great selection

[paddyboy]

Hi Keith

Superb set there

The Bucc always caught you by surprise at Air Fetes with its incredibly low entry

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[teeonefixer]

Fantastic collection there Keith, thankyou for posting. The Buccaneer was an excellent trials platform, lots of space and power!

XV344 has a standard nose fitted, I'm not sure if by that time TIALD was a podded system. It was fitted originally with a chisel nose off XN923 that was used with the early Ferranti TICM equipment. (I posted a pic on the original FC website.) A colleague re-stressed it for use on the S2.
You are missing XT272 (from memory) which was the survivor of 2 converted by Marshalls for Tornado GR1 radar testing.

[xkekeith]

Unfortunately I never caught up with with XT272 or XW986

[The Phantom]

Super selection of images

[Ferrari]

I seem to remember that as boy I had a Matchbox (toy cars, not model kits) Buccaneer that was yellow and black like XW988. The wings folded up which was cool. I also had a red and white Tomcat with swinging wigs - also cool!

Thanks for posting.

Regards,
Ferrari

[eLaReF]

The Bucc always caught you by surprise at Air Fetes with its incredibly low entry

Leuchars BoB shows were good for that - They came in off the North Sea at a very low level and fast.
You could spot those in the know - They were looking left. The rest of the crowd were looking all over and usually jumped when it went past unnoticed - until the noise arrived.