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16 Jun 2014 10:02 #201 by canberra
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IIRC the Locking Spitfire was moved to Leuchars in 1986 and put on the roundabout on the main gate. Then in 89 it was removed as Leuchars had neve been a Spitfire base and I bleive that the Spitfire is now in a museum in Glasgow.

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07 Oct 2015 20:53 #202 by netcompsys
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Ex Red Arrows Hawk to be a gate guard at Scampton...

www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Red-Arrows-je...08-detail/story.html

A former Red Arrows jet is to be positioned at the front of RAF Scampton to greet visitors arriving at the Lincolnshire base.

The Hawk aircraft – well-known as the type flown by the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team – will be situated adjacent to the station headquarters.

It will be unveiled by RAF Scampton's Station Commander and representatives drawn from across the base at an event on Monday, October 12.

The retired jet will become RAF Scampton's so-called gate guardian – a traditional RAF tribute celebrating the past, present and future roles of an airfield.


( I don't write the drivel, just report it )

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07 Oct 2015 21:11 #203 by WJT
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Has the Red's Gnat gone from outside their hangar to the Station Museum?

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07 Oct 2015 21:14 #204 by netcompsys
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Has the Red's Gnat gone from outside their hangar to the Station Museum?


LAst time I was there the Gnat was in the museum hangar and just the hawk and fin outside the RAFAT hangar

I believe this is another hawk that has been replaced this year

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23 Feb 2016 15:11 - 23 Feb 2016 15:11 #205 by netcompsys
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The L29 Delfin that used to be near the pubic road and entrance to Breighton has now moved back onto tarmac in front of the clubhouse and hangars





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28 Jun 2016 13:34 #206 by David Thompson
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RAF Valley , 9 September 2015


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01 Jul 2016 08:23 - 01 Jul 2016 08:24 #207 by stevie
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Buccaneer XK526 on the gate at Honington (many thanks to the guys in the guardroom for allowing us to photograph it) -

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02 Jul 2016 09:06 #208 by ChrisTheAncient
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I love seeing all the gate guardians.

But what I find so depressing is that once they've been sited, very few bases seem to look after them and so many start looking shabby.

And, as they are the first thing that people see as they come onto the base, not a good impression?

I suppose, back in my days, they would have been a good thing for 'jankers wallahs' to spend a bit of the 'fatigues' time on. But these days?

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02 Jul 2016 09:39 #209 by canberra
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I wouldnt want to see non techies looking after an aircraft, even if its only for a couple of hours on jankers! I suppose one problem is people finding time to look after the gate guardians, and there the problem now of having no service painters to repaint the aircraft. And I suppose what happened to the SAAF Shackleton should be an example as to what can happen.

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02 Jul 2016 12:31 #210 by Ossington_2008
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I seemed to have missed something. What happened to the SAAF Shack?

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