Clocks Running Out..Tornado F3 at Hendon

Steyr

Not long left for these Birds!

http://www.flypast.com/view_news.asp?ID=2789

F3 at Hendon
November 2010


A Panavia Tornado F3 has gone on display at the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, North London to mark the type’s imminent retirement from RAF service.



F3 ZE887 was one of 152 aircraft ordered in the early 1980s that would go on to equip eight RAF air defence squadrons. ZE887 last served with 111(F) squadron at RAF Leuchars in Fife and was marked in special markings in recognition of 43(F) Squadron’s Latin motto Gloria Finis – ‘Glory Is The End’. The letters ‘GF’ were always allocated to the CO’s aircraft, as these were the initials of the Squadron’s motto.


43(F) Squadron disbanded in July 2009 and all remaining F3s were allocated to the last remaining unit, 111(F) Squadron, which is due to disband in March 2011.


ZE887 was withdrawn from use on March 4 and had logged 4,966 hours of flight during its life. It was dismantled at Leuchars and taken to St Athan in Wales on September 23 for temporary storage, finally arriving at Hendon on October 18.

Armin_Tamzarian

Pity, I really like them.
Prefer them to the Typhoon TBH.

donkey balls

The RAF ar still using them my friends brother in law was dispatch to the Stan a few months ago and he flys them.;) We had a great aul conversation at my friends wedding about flying he was telling me stuff about the mill and told him about the cviv end of things.

Steyr

donkey balls wrote: »

The RAF ar still using them my friends brother in law was dispatch to the Stan a few months ago and he flys them.

Yes they do use them but the F3 ADV is not serving Overseas, They used to Serve Overseas in the Falklands but the type was replaced by The Typhoon and now the F3 ADV is just based in Scotland at RAF Leuchars with 111Squadron, they were also at RAF Leeming with 25Squadron but they have been disbanded.

The only RAF Tornado's Operating outside of the UK are Tornado GR4/GR4A in Afghanistan.

EchoIndia

Here is the Hendon aircraft flying at Waddington in 2008:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24101413@N03/3278649704/

Nforce

Always liked the Tornado air defence version...I'm old enough to remember seeing the F.2 version.

pclancy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqI4CrYY5w