DCAE (RAF) Cosford

^^Gord^^

^^Gord^^

^^Gord^^

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My first trip of the year and it's taken my more than a month to get the photos processed and uploaded!!! :D

I'm a little busy at the moment!

I took a trip to DCAE Cosford in January to get some more photos of the Jaguars, especially the 6 Sqn airframes that arrived after my visit in 2007.

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A few more photos and some text on my site.....

http://www.fast-air.co.uk/DCAE-Cosford-Photography-090122.htm

Comments welcome!
 
Adrianr said:
And as a pilot of that aircraft you're supposed to know what all of those buttons do?! :eek::eek:
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I'd hope so! ;)

pabloB said:
Firstly nice pics!

Don't those Jags look like antiques these days though!
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I know what you mean, especially with the flaking paint, worn surfaces and signs of corrosion and that's when they were still in service!

But they are a jet with a lot of character, history and a make do attitude. I'll always have a soft spot for them and was sad to see them go out of service.
 
A pilot will know what all those buttons do :)

Seen the cockpit of a eurofighter? i think thats worse, most of the things on the jag are just instruments!
 
^^Gord^^ said:
I'd hope so! ;)



I know what you mean, especially with the flaking paint, worn surfaces and signs of corrosion and that's when they were still in service!

But they are a jet with a lot of character, history and a make do attitude. I'll always have a soft spot for them and was sad to see them go out of service.
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What is their purpose now out of curosity?
 
pabloB said:
What is their purpose now out of curosity?
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They are instructional airframes so the trainees get to bang their heads and skin their knuckles for real. :)

Some are also used for line training so the trainees get use to moving the aircraft about and learn what it's like to work around a live aircraft before doing it for real.

Everything at Cosford is used, none of it is storage.
 
I miss having the Jags screaming overhead on their wingtips at minimum altitude.

The one at the Norwich Air Museum is a particularly nice example.
 
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