The ghosts of former RAF Scampton

[Tally-ho]

A look at the four aircraft parked on the runway of former RAF Scampton. Fenced off and covered - their future?

MD Phantom F-4F, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B, Hawker Hunter T.8, Sukhoi Su-22.

[iainpeden]

Thanks for making the effort. The logical place for those to end up are the Cold War Museum at Cosford; how that cannot have a complete Phantom or Buccaneer always annoyed me.

(Ps, from the thread title I was expecting Vulcans )

[Mustang531]

Interesting to see these, didn't realise they're still there. As to what happens to them, as they're privately owned, who knows. The RAF Museum won't take them, they already have a Buccaneer at Hendon, which was displayed at Cosford until about twenty years ago. Their Phantom is also at Hendon, having been delivered there back in 1992 after retirement. In general for some time, they've tried not to duplicate types, hence the sell off of many types in the 1980s. These days they seem more intent on moving aircraft between the two locations for periods of display, so maybe they will appear at Cosford at some time. It could be that one of the independent museums might take one or more of these ones at Scampton if offered, but undercover display space is at a premium nowadays. Type relevance also comes into it, not so much, nice to have types. Things are a lot different now than they used to be, harking back to the 1970s when there were F-100s, T-33s and Mysteres at Sculthorpe and they were available to go on loan to museum's, but were on the books of the USAF Museum. Lots of organisations snapped them up, as they'd got three ready to display aircraft. Just look how many of those are left now, some have been returned to the US, but some have been scrapped in the past few years. It might surprise some to learn that Hunter XF382 at the Midland Aircraft Museum at Baginton us on loan from the USAF Museum, so technically they could claim it back if they wanted. It was funded under the MDAP system by the Americans when it was built, along with many others.

[warthog56]

Oh to win the Euromillions lottery. I'd offer to buy the SU22 and the former Luftwaffe F4 and then ask Newark Air Museum if they would like them.

[Vulcanone]

Newark Air Museum now currently goes for training airframes only, and already has a Hunter T.7. Aside from that, I believe they are only taking aircraft they own. Witness the current issues with the Canberra PR.7

[F3]

These were all on static display @ the Scampton airshow a few yrs ago so I've got lots of pics of them if anyone is interested in seeing what's under the covers!

[Nighthawke]

Yes please

[F3]

Herewith pics of the Bucc, Phantom + Su-22

Scampton - Buccaneer XX885 G-HHAA HHA by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Scampton - F-4F 37+89 HHA by Michael Britton, on Flickr

Scampton - Su-22 98+14 HHA by Michael Britton, on Flickr

[Nighthawke]

Very nice - thank you very much.

[Tally-ho]

Herewith pics of the Bucc, Phantom + Su-22

Very nice, thanks for showing them!