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Coningsby 1986

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Date: 14 June 1986

Made by: Gary Donnison, Chris Fry

Updated: 23 March 2007

STATIC: 
ZE357/N           PHANTOM F.3              RAF 74 SQN 
XV393/A           PHANTOM FGR.2            RAF 228 OCU 
XS895/BC          LIGHTNING F.6            RAF 11 SQN 
XZ101/Q           JAGUAR GR.1              RAF 226 OCU 
XN983/PF          BUCCANEER S.2B           RAF 12 SQN 
WT744/868         HUNTER GA.11             RN FRADU 
XW234/CO          PUMA HC.1                RAF 33 SQN 
XX492             JETSTREAM T.1            RAF 6 FTS 
XS734/N           DOMINIE T.1              RAF 6 FTS 
WK127/CS          CANBERRA TT.18           RAF 100 SQN 
XX615/2           BULLDOG T.1              RAF MANCHESTER UAS 
XX549/5           BULLDOG T.1              RAF MANCHESTER UAS 
XS644             ANDOVER E.3              RAF 115 SQN 
XW373/11          J.PROVOST T.5A           RAF RAFC 
XL164             VICTOR K.2               RAF 57 SQN 
41645/SP          F-4E                     USAF 52 TFW 
80020/UH          F-111E                   USAF 20 TFW 
10962/WR          A-10A                    USAF 81 TFW 
50218             C-141A                   USAF 437 MAW 
64-0556           MC-130E                  USAF 7 SOS 
J-619             F-16A                    KLU 311 SQN 
43+03/G22         TORNADO                  WGAF TTTE 

FLYING/FLIGHTLINE: 
XS637             ANDOVER C.1              RAF 32 SQN 
XX712/1           BULLDOG T.1              RAF MANCHESTER UAS 
XX617/4           BULLDOG T.1              RAF MANCHESTER UAS 
WK638/83          CHIPMUNK T.10            RAF 
VP981             DEVON C.2                RAF BoBMF 
XZ138/K           HARRIER GR.3             RAF 233 OCU 
XZ999/M           HARRIER GR.3             RAF 233 OCU 
XX182             HAWK T.1                 RAF 4 FTS 
XX119/01          JAGUAR GR.1              RAF 226 OCU 
XP707/DB          LIGHTNING F.3            RAF LTF 
XR718/DE          LIGHTNING F.3            RAF LTF 
RR299             MOSQUITO T.3             ROLLS ROYCE 
XV408/P           PHANTOM FGR.2            RAF 29 SQN 
XV412/S           PHANTOM FGR.2            RAF 29 SQN 
ZE154             TORNADO F.3              BAe 
ZD938/AR          TORNADO F.2              RAF 229 OCU 
ZA143/D           VC-10 K.2                RAF 101 SQN 
WG655/910         SEA FURY T.20            FAA HIST FLT 
WV908/188A        SEA HAWK FG.6            FAA  HIST FLT 
LB375             TAYLORCRAFT 
ZD703             BAe 125 CC.3             RAF 32 SQN 
XX508             BAe 125 CC.3             RAF 32 SQN 
WW397/N-E         PROVOST T.1 
10955/WR          A-10A                    USAF 81 TFW 
10979/WR          A-10A                    USAF 81 TFW 
133722            F-4U CORSAIR 

FLYING ONLY: 
XL426             VULCAN B.2               VDF 
LX-N90450         E-3A                     NAEWF 
XV295             HERCULES C.1             RAF LTW 
XV232             NIMROD MR.2P             RAF KINLOSS WG 

ASF HANGER: 
XV466/E           PHANTOM FGR.2            23 SQN 
XV409/A           PHANTOM FGR.2            29 SQN 
XT894/P           PHANTOM FGR.2            228 OCU 
XT914/N           PHANTOM FGR.2            226 OCU 
XT891/Z           PHANTOM FGR.2            226 OCU 
ZD936/AP          TORNADO F.2              229 OCU 
ZD939/AS          TORNADO F.2              229 OCU 

HANGER DISPLAY: 
XM897             LIGHTNING T.4            BDRF 
XT902/M           PHANTOM FGR.2            29 SQN 
WZ549/F           VAMPIRE T.11 

DUMP: 
WJ815             CANBERRA PR.7 
XN774             LIGHTNING F.2A 

During the show the following Tornado F.2's took off to take part in the Queens birthday
flypast over London: 
ZD901/AA, ZD903/AB, ZD902/AC, ZD934/AD, ZD904/AE, ZD936/AF, ZD932/AM, ZD937/AQ, 
ZD940/AT, ZD941/AU 
(ZD902/AC WAS A SPARE AND REPLACED ZD905/AV WHICH WENT SICK) 

Six Phantom FGR.2's of 228 OCU also took off: 
XV396/D, XT898/E, XV499/F, XT897/M, XT905/U, XT908/W 

The following ex gate-guard Spitfires were parked by the BoBMF hangar: 
PK624/RA-UT, EP120/QV-H, LA255/JX-U 

The following Spitfires flew during the afternoon: 
AR501/NN-D, PM631/DL-E, MH434/ZD-B, RM689/AP-D, ML407/OU-V, P7350/EB-Z, AB910/BP-O, G-FIRE 

They flew with the following BoBMF aircraft: 
PZ865             HURRICANE                BoBMF 
LF363/VY-X        HURRICANE                BoBMF 
PA474/SR-D        LANCASTER B.1            BoBMF 

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