Jaguar GR.3A XZ369: XZ369 was first flown on 11th October 1976 and entered service with 14 Squadron RAFG at Bruggen in November of that year.
By 1984 she had moved to 17 Squadron, and had returned to the UK in 1986 for GR.1A conversion.
She re-entering service with 6 Squadron at RAF Coltishall in 1988, she was upgraded first to GR.1B, then GR.3 and finally to GR.3A status,
XZ369 retired from RAF service in 2005.
She was sold to Everett Aero and was stored at Bentwaters before being acquired by Delta Force Paintball in 2016, she was reassembled and displayed with mock up pylons and weaponry next to the M6 motorway near Coventry.
In October 2020 she was purchased by East Midlands Aeropark and transported to site.
www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits/14-exhibit...
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Jaguar GR.3A XZ369: XZ369 was first flown on 11th October 1976 and entered service with 14 Squadron RAFG at Bruggen in November of that year.
By 1984 she had moved to 17 Squadron, and had returned to the UK in 1986 for GR.1A conversion.
She re-entering service with 6 Squadron at RAF Coltishall in 1988, she was upgraded first to GR.1B, then GR.3 and finally to GR.3A status,
XZ369 retired from RAF service in 2005.
She was sold to Everett Aero and was stored at Bentwaters before being acquired by Delta Force Paintball in 2016, she was reassembled and displayed with mock up pylons and weaponry next to the M6 motorway near Coventry.
In October 2020 she was purchased by East Midlands Aeropark and transported to site.
www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits/14-exhibit...
Tags: SEPECAT Jaguar SEPECAT Jaguar Jaguar GR.3A GR.3A Jaguar GR3 GR3 RAF Royal Air Force EMA East Midlands Airport East Midlands MAG Manchester Airport Holdings Limited Manchester Airports Group Castle Donington Donnigton Kegworth Donington Park Donington Park Circuit Leicestershire England UK East Midlands Aeropark Castle Donington Donnigton
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Vickers Viscount 804 - G-CSZB cockpit
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Vickers Vanguard 953C G-APES
G-APES was delivered new to BEA British European Airways as a Vickers V953 Vanguard, in Jan-62, it operated as a passenger aircraft for 8 years before being converted to V953C Merchantman standard in Apr-70 for operation by BEA Cargo.
BEA and BOAC merged in Apr-74 to form British Airways and the aircraft continued in operation until it was sold to Air Bridge Carriers in Nov-76. Air Bridge Carriers were renamed Hunting Cargo Airlines in Aug-92.
The aircraft was retired at East Midlands Airport, UK, in Feb-95 after 33 years service and was broken up soon after.
www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits/14-exhibit...
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Armstrong Whitworth Argosy G-BEOZ
The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war transport/cargo aircraft; it was the final aircraft to be designed and produced by aviation company Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although given different internal design numbers, the AW.650 civil and AW.660 military models were, for most practical purposes, the same design, while both models also shared the "Argosy" name.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy
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