Boscome Jag...

[harrogate]

For anyone who's interested, the last day of flying for this magnificent beastie is 21st December.

RIP.

[OCCWMF]

Bugger. Any chance she'll visit Colt and Coningsby?:{

[MrBernoulli]

By the way folks, its Boscombe Down. :ok:

[Desk Flyer]

Sorry its a big site, which section?
DF

[TEEEJ]

http://fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33317&highlight=jaguar

[TEEEJ]

Some corkers of the wee beastie taken during this week. Fantastic sunset shots!

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=41631;st=0

[LOMCEVAK]

Last flight now looks like Thursday (20th). Planned to land at Boscombe. may fly more than once that day.

[TEEEJ]

Any plans for the Jag to go low-level in Wales next week? I know it went through the Loop earlier this week and was well received by the snappers on the hills.

[billynospares]

It will fly twice tomorrow (20th)

[EODFelix]

Spotted in the circuit last nite about 1615

[OCCWMF]

Any updates please - esp EGXC!

[Fishtailed]

Marvelous:):):)
Juat watched it do a slow and high speed pass over Warton, preceded by a Typhoon and followed by a Tornado taking off.:D:D

[harrogate]

Apparently he didn't hang around at Colt for long, preferring to do more passes at Norwich.

[Truck2005]

Came over St. Athan at 1545, quick waggle of the wings and disappeared over Cardiff airport.

[Alber Ratman]

I hope somebody got some pictures

[Wiltshireflyer]

Apparently the approach to Norwich was flown just to get below the cloud. By all accounts the weather was not great on the east coast today.

[harrogate]

It was OK out east.

Broken cloud, but quite low.

[Alber Ratman]

A spotter friend has told me that the Colt flyby was not great for them. XX833 buzzed Norwich Airport, but Helos in the Colt area serverly restricted its route into and over Colt...

No run down the line......

But most old Jag techies are at Marham. Most ex Jag mates are at Conz.

Weather in Norfolk was not VFR at Marham...

[TEEEJ]

Great shot, Shemy!

A few of Jaguar,XX833,from earlier this week in the Dinas Valley, Wales. Gusting winds on the 17th. I had to brace myself against a fence post to stop myself getting blown over!

Fantastic flying guys! A real privilege to see XX833 at low level in the week of its retirement.

Mon 17th December 07 - Bluebell Hill

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/TOMMYJO/DSC_0044-1.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/TOMMYJO/DSC_0030.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/TOMMYJO/DSC_0026.jpg

Tue 18th December 07 - Bwlch Spur

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/TOMMYJO/DSC_0159.jpg

[TEEEJ]

Thanks Shemy. Those were taken with a Nikon D2X/Nikon Nikkor 300mm f/2.8.

My last one of the Jag. Caught on 18th December in the shadows on the run up to the Bwlch.

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h261/TOMMYJO/DSC_0155JAGBW.jpg

[TEEEJ]

Some cracking atmospheric shots of the Jag at Boscombe

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/cgi-bin/ukarboard/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=41897;

[TEEEJ]

What I find amazing is that the Indians are still producing the Jaguar. The production of at least 17 new-build airframes has been going on at a slow rate. Amazing to think that XX833 was 32 years old and yet this two-seater is only just coming up for 3.

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0829097/L/

[TheChitterneFlyer]

Andy Blythe's final flypast was just awesome... a six-G pull-up at 450 kts and rolling off the top.

Wish I could have done the same after the beer call in the mess... except that mine was a four knot triple axel and a half pretzel onto my ar$e as I staggered down the hill into Amesbury sometime after midnight!