Simviation Forum - Farewell to a big cat

Apr 30^th, 2007 at 6:39pm

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Spent the day at Coningsby for the flypasts by 6 Squadron to mark the end of operational flying. Nice weather but a strong breeze made photographing difficult. Not the absolute end of Jag flying, but may well be the last time I see them. Just a couple of shots of the stars for now, as I'm bushed. Nice to see Tweek again, thanks for the company.

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Reply #1 - Apr 30^th, 2007 at 8:10pm

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nice pictures, wish i couldve had the chance to see them in person

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Reply #2 - Apr 30^th, 2007 at 8:47pm

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Wow, that's some nice flying, and some nice pictures. Wink

I really like the "6", it took me second, but it's clever. Cool

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Reply #3 - May 1^st, 2007 at 4:07am

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Impressive! I always wonder what happens to all those planes that go out of service... surely they will keep some around as museumpieces and airshowplanes...

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Reply #4 - May 1^st, 2007 at 10:17am

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Omag 2.0 wrote on May 1^st, 2007 at 4:07am:

Impressive! I always wonder what happens to all those planes that go out of service...

A few are given to museums, but most of 'em are sent to kingdom come.

Always sad to see the "last display" of something, may it be an army batallion or a squadron.

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Reply #5 - May 1^st, 2007 at 10:32am

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Björn wrote on May 1^st, 2007 at 10:17am:

Omag 2.0 wrote on May 1^st, 2007 at 4:07am:

Impressive! I always wonder what happens to all those planes that go out of service...

A few are given to museums, but most of 'em are sent to kingdom come.

Always sad to see the "last display" of something, may it be an army batallion or a squadron.

Or sent to RAF Cosford for storage. Wink

This was the Jaguar's last day of operational service, but 6 Squadron will be disbanding on 25th May, which is when the last Jaguar flypasts will be (which I hope to be at).

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Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2007 at 11:39am

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nice shots steve. sad to see the cats go

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Reply #7 - May 1^st, 2007 at 3:20pm

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they will probably be given the same treatment as the Tomcats!
some to museums, the rest just sitting in the boneyard!
i doubt that any will still be flying!
it would be nice to see though!

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Reply #8 - May 6^th, 2007 at 8:56am

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they will probably be given the same treatment as the Tomcats!
some to museums, the rest just sitting in the boneyard!
i doubt that any will still be flying!
it would be nice to see though!

Correct on all counts.

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Reply #9 - May 6^th, 2007 at 2:29pm

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