Tornado F.3 ZE-728

[Otto]

Tornado F.3 ZE-728 heeft na te zijn verschroot een soort van tweede leven gekregen in de UK. De exacte locatie weet ik niet maar de klok hangt op Gateshead Quayside....

[Arjan]

When you ring the bell it will kick in its afterburners!!

But Gateshead is in Newcastle upon Tyne if I am not mistaken!

[Otto]

But Gateshead is in Newcastle upon Tyne if I am not mistaken!

There you go

[KeesvA]

Hi,

The RAF serial system does not use the - sign between the letters and ciphers.
So the seria should read: ZE728

yours friendly

Kees v A.

[Otto]

Hi,

The RAF serial system does not use the - sign between the letters and ciphers.
So the seria should read: ZE728

yours friendly

Kees v A.

Yep and the exact word is "serial"

[frank kramer]

if it comes down to the use of the English language in some messages here and elsewhere on this board, there's a lot more nitpicking to do.

However, I'm not into that. I am much more interested in the story behind this bell. Can anyone tell me whether this is simply a coincidence, or that ZE728 did really end up as a bell in Newcastle? Gives rise to a nasty dilemma in that case: if you go to Newcastle and you see this bell, does that qualify as a log of the Tornado?

[Stratofreighter]

http://www.locusplus.org.uk/banner.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; to see how that bell was made...

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles ... n53737450/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history- ... ze728.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthre ... 598&page=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/topsy/4821175376/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; has a video of the "new ZE728" in action...

And the female artist is no "hard core plough-share pacifist" either
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fighter+j ... 0231292714" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;