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F15 at Farnborough 1972

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Old 62
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F15 at Farnborough 1972

Post by Old 62 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:28 am

Does anyone remember the F15 at Farnborough in 1972 in its air superiority blue scheme. It was my first show and pre camera days. I am trying to find the serial of this aircraft to build a model. Anyone have any details? Thankyou.
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Re: F15 at Farnborough 1972

Post by Thunder » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:47 am

It couldn’t have been 1972, as I think the first visit was by 71-0291 in 1974 in a White/Red/Blue scheme

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Re: F15 at Farnborough 1972

Post by Cessna954 » Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:51 am

71-0291 was the YF-15A that first visited the show in 1974, in an air superiority scheme.

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1041472

It was subsequently re-painted to the Centennial livery and displayed at the 1976 show.

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Re: F15 at Farnborough 1972

Post by capercaillie » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:12 pm

It was the TF-15A prototype when two seat variants were given the T designator ahead of the type, later renamed as the F-15B.

Also appeared there in 1980 wearing lizard scheme, ahead of the Strike Eagle pitch.

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Re: F15 at Farnborough 1972

Post by Gruncle 01 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:37 pm

I have this scanned picture from my slide of it flying at the 1974 show.
ImageTF15A 710291 Farnborough 5/9/1974 by Michael Skinner, on Flickr

Hope it was okay to post it here?

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