sniperUK Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Delivered by JARTS (Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transport Section) from Boscombe Down on Wednesday Tornado GR.4 ZG771 with the RAF Marham centenary tail. Gifted by the MoD ,the first GR.4 to a non national collection, following an 18 month delay due to Covid it was delivered in a six vehicle convoy and reassembled in three days. IMG_20210929_084915 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_084919 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_085027 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_085306 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_090106 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_100106 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr IMG_20210929_100649_1 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 2021-09-29_03-46-35 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 243510678_4933152003365885_1059157828667100402_n by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 243499016_4933557893325296_61693944327293299_n by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 2021-10-01_07-33-02 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 2021-10-01_04-35-58 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 2021-10-01_05-00-44 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 So nice to see a Tornado going to a good home instead of the scrap heap. We didn’t do too many museum jobs when I was on JARTS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperUK Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Hockeyboy76 said: So nice to see a Tornado going to a good home instead of the scrap heap. We didn’t do too many museum jobs when I was on JARTS. It helps having an AVM on site as patron of the society 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 22 minutes ago, Hockeyboy76 said: So nice to see a Tornado going to a good home instead of the scrap heap. We didn’t do too many museum jobs when I was on JARTS. That looks like a decent collection building up there. So is JARTS what was Crash & Smash ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 minute ago, PLC1966 said: That looks like a decent collection building up there. So is JARTS what was Crash & Smash ? Yes mainly and slightly no. Crash and smash was all RAF moving all fixed wing. MASU was all Navy moving all rotary wing. When St Athan was earmarked as the new school & Gosport needed more space both units where joined as essentially they did exactly the same job and a new home was found for us at Boscombe Down and we all became JARTS. Lucky for me I started on MASU, posted to Crash & became JARTS. I have the t-shirts 😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 9:46 PM, Hockeyboy76 said: Yes mainly and slightly no. Crash and smash was all RAF moving all fixed wing. MASU was all Navy moving all rotary wing. When St Athan was earmarked as the new school & Gosport needed more space both units where joined as essentially they did exactly the same job and a new home was found for us at Boscombe Down and we all became JARTS. Lucky for me I started on MASU, posted to Crash & became JARTS. I have the t-shirts 😂 I remember when it was Martsu.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperUK Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Quick walkaround at the hangar on Wednesday. 20211006171714_IMG_9397 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006172234_IMG_9399 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006174736_IMG_9474 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006174748_IMG_9479 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006174502_IMG_9432 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006174806_IMG_9485 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006174801_IMG_9481 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006175716_IMG_9512 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006175721_IMG_9513 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006175725_IMG_9514 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006181400_IMG_9524 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 20211006181545_IMG_9528 by Tony Osborne, on Flickr 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 So when is Airfix coming to scan it ? Regards Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 On 05/10/2021 at 23:24, junglierating said: I remember when it was Martsu.... Me too,7 1/2 years Wessex HC2,Kai Tak, Sek Kong. Odiham and Aldergrove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 When is this appearing in the Ready for Inspection section? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motley Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Find it weird seeing an aircraft i worked on in a museum, doesnt seem that long ago i was writing stuff in the soot on the tail not long after it was painted 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Nice to see. Im sure there was a GR.4 at Coventry last time I was there? Must be nice getting someone else to do the transport. The museum I work at has had to pay to move aircraft from The RAF and USAF. Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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