Last flight of the Harrier

answersonapostcard (Site Moderator)

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15 Dec 2010 - 9:30 AM

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Its a sad day for what some affectionately nicknamed the 'leaping heap' but there will be a flypast of some RAF bases today of the Harrier.

Formation of 16 with a lead aircraft.
MARHAM AD 1318 HR
WYTON AD 1322 HR
BRAMPTON 1325 HR
WITTERING AD 1326 HR
STAMFORD 1327 HR
CRANWELL AD 1331 HR
SCAMPTON AD 1334 HR
CONINGSBY AD 1341 HR
COTTESMORE AD1345 HR
OAKHAM 1346 HR
COTTESMORE AD 1350 HR

This is all I could find at the moment about the route.

cats_123 (e2 Member)

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15 Dec 2010 - 12:48 PM

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Someone posted a couple of shots here (from yesterday?)
Fighter Control

Carabosse (e2 Member)

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15 Dec 2010 - 1:57 PM

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Another sad day for British technology.

cattyal (e2 Member)

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15 Dec 2010 - 4:05 PM

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Now that would be worth seeing - which sadly I won't

I commented to a couple of my work colleagues about the Harrier and neither of them had a clue what I was talking about nor had they ever seen one - trying to get across to them how wonderful it is took some doing!

(ask them about x-factor, strictly or football and they're a mine of information however)

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15 Dec 2010 - 4:37 PM

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Very cool.

brian1208 (e2 Member)

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15 Dec 2010 - 5:12 PM

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A sad day indeed, I worked for a paint lab across the road from the Hawker factory in Kingston when they were doing the development work on the first Harrier + the supersonic version.

Through the company we had our own box at Farnborough and were there for its first public flight. (I was also in the local cafe with some of the Hawker lads to hear the news that the supersonic version had been scrapped, along with all the jigs, drawings and prototypes)

Its a crying shame that we don't seem to be able to hang on to these great inventions of ours. A few years from now the Yanks will be claiming that they invented the "Jump Jet" and we will be renting them off the US military as we will find we need them but can't build them any more

janeez (e2 Member)

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15 Dec 2010 - 5:53 PM

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My nephew is a harrier pilot based at Cottesmore. He was probably one of those pilots today.

Barnaby

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15 Dec 2010 - 7:27 PM

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Only heard today, cant believe what the MOD is doing what with the Ark royal going as well. Cuts cuts and more cuts then they talk of spending 5 billion on new kit......


Somewhere along the lines common sense was thrown away