ZJ940

[exiledhatter]

Hi

Does anyone know what is happening with ZJ940?

[milky_01]

It's in the TMF.

Regards

Kevin

[captain scarlet]

Undergoing major servicing after racking-up a masive amount of flying hours

[exleckie]

Officially it's stored in the old ASF and is part of the sustainment fleet (posh name for a christmas tree).

HTH

[exiledhatter]

Ok. Thanks. So no chance of seeinf it anytime in the near future then

[exleckie]

Not much chance at all Im afraid.

[Ghastly Whisper]

The same was said of 41s Tonka EB-B that hadnt been seen for 3ish years, less than 2 weeks later it was out and about flying!!!

[Vulcanone]

mikec

If its the one I think it is then it hasn't flown since it was delivered to Coningsby.!!!


Tim S

[Mike]

It had several test-flights from Warton before delivery - just to make sure it was perfect.

It was then delivered to Coningsby on 20/09/07 and then taken to bits to provide spare-parts for other Typhoons.

Madness !

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[f-4]

Resurrecting an old thread, but have ZJ940, ZJ945 and ZJ948 ever flown since arriving at Coningsby 17 years ago?? With the imminent Tranche 1 withdrawal they must be the three with the lowest hours, I'd be surprised if it was double figures for each!

[Vulcanone]

940 No

945 and 948 not since one or both of them went so far down to the Falklands in 2009 and not moved since IIRC. Add ZK326 into that lot

[plmc135]

ZJ940, ZJ945 and ZJ948 are stored in HAS's at Coningsby. ZJ945 did fly briefly with 3 Sqn but all three are what would have been called hangar queens in the past, presumably now a HAS queen.

The best place for getting information about RAF Typhhoons is the Coningsby Aviation website "milky01.co.uk".

[f-4]

I've found evidence of ZJ945 departing for the Falklands on 12th September 2009 (https://www.fast-air.co.uk/raf-coningsb ... ight-1435/) but it returned to Coningsby on Tuesday 22nd September as ASCOT 9615, so I guess it got as far as Ascension island. That flight may mean the airframe hours are over 20!

[Ghastly Whisper]

945 was kicking about as QO-F for most of June/July/August 2009. As stated it went out on the 12th September returning on the 22nd. Its not flown since.

948s last flight 8th Jan 2009

940 no idea of its last flight, but not since delivery

326 has been reasonably non active with both 6 and 1 sqns

[Vulcanone]

Going by the Demobbed website ZJ940 is de-registered. I assume that is a fair bet it is wfu