The
News on the Closing of Royal Air Force Coltishall
Jaguar's farewell to bases in Norfolk
The pencil-thin shape of a Jaguar jet darted
through British skies for the last time yesterday, bringing a proud era
of aviation to end. A farewell flight by the warhorse warplane included
a buzz over the Norfolk airbase which was its home for more than 30
years.
The old and the new....a sad farewell
The gate sentinel in its new home
County Hall Norwich
With thanks to Mike who found
this......................one that didn't make it
I am also proud to have had close links with the Air UK and had great
experiences both on the ground and in the air, with thanks to the late great
Harry Payne, Managing Director
Air UK (Engineering) Ltd
(now KLM) and Pat Scrase 737/767 Pilot with Air UK (Leisure) Ltd.
A picture of the Air UK Fokker 100 inaugural flight
15th. September 1992, London Stansted -Amsterdam
Air UK Boeing 737 - 400
at Stansted and below the Flight Deck
Diamond Lil
In the Early 90s I was pleased to
be involved in supporting the team who brought Diamond Lil a 1940 Liberator
to the UK from TheConfederate Air Force basein Arizona for many emotional flypasts over the air fields of East
Anglia
The
winged chariot of time holds no dominion here in the heart of
Pembrokeshire