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'Mk.53'

Ah, a static model then

Poop blows off but that would make an interesting whistling sound at Mach 2
 
always glad to see a lightning, grandfather was engine tech on the things at Lyneham for a short time, Lyneham was a holding pen for various marks of Lightning and Canberra till about '67 if i recall... great plane, looks in immaculate condition! this one ZF593 was an F.53 originally flown by the Royal Saudi Air Force and built in 1968, Delivered to the Saudis in 1969, she served with 6 Squadron at Khamis Mushayt, was damaged in a landing accident in 1974, repaired and contined to serve with 6 and then 13 and 2 Squadrons until January 1986 when she was bought back by BAe as part of the Tornado F.3 purchase deal. She was stored at Warton for several years and then presented to the Museum of Aviation by BAe in 1990. She's had a rather mixed life at the museum, initially proudly displayed in front of the museum in a 29 Squadron bare metal scheme, during 2006 she was restored and moved to the adjacent USAF base for a repaint (this time into 5 Squadron camouflage colours), then back to the museum and back on display!
 
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