Faygate Aircraft Scrapyard 1984

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hydealfred

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I have seen recent posts for the above site but these scanned images are from 1984. Therefore I think for a historical record they are worth posting here. It is interesting to Google some of the serial numbers of the aircraft. By doing this the history of the aircraft can be traced quite easily.

Phantom FG1 XT866/O - Crashed RAF Leuchers 1981 Due To A Faulty ADI - Crew Ejected
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Unidentified Hawker Hunter Wing
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Hawker Hunter FGA9 XJ291 Wing
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Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ438 - Crashed 1982 - Pilot Ejected
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Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ438
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Sea Harrier FRS1 XZ438
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Unidentified Jaguar Fuselage
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BAE Jaguar T2 XX137 - Crashed Into The Moray Firth 1976 After Running Out Of Fuel - Pilot Ejected
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Canberra WH911 - 98 Squadron Insignia
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Jet Provost T4 - XP568 Wing - This Aircraft Survives In Preservation Obviously With Different Wings
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Jaguar Tail Fin
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Rolls Royce Avon
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Phantom FG1 - XT866/O
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Jet Provost T4 XP626 Wing
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Jet Provost Tail Fin
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Cockpit Canopy Frame 32 FTS Phantom ?
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Jet Provost Cockpit
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Jaguar - Sea Harrier - Hunter Wing
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Nice shots bud, seems like mostley Jags and Harriers, very unusual to see them scrapped with engines and ejection seats still in situ:confused:
 
Interesting pictures!

98 Sqn RAF disbanded in 1967!
 
It is a Phantom FG1 - XT866 - crashed RAF Leuchars 9 July 1981
 
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Ahh my old playground again! Used to spend a lot of time here around this time, funnily enough. We used to cycle here from Littlehaven, one of the original parts of north Horsham.
Used to be some good stuff moving in and out of there on a fairly regular basis. Some pretty good rumours acompanying some of the aircraft as well.
 
My vote's with Hunter too. Can't be a Buccaneer, it hasn't got a wing fold!
Really interesting set of images too :)
 
It is a Phantom FG1 - XT866 - crashed RAF Leuchars 9 July 1981

Was a 43[F] Sqn aircraft at the time.
Returning from a night sortie with another 43 [F] sqn aircraft, they had a ADI failure. So had to carry out a pairs approach to land.
Other aircraft pulled ahead to overshoot, and XT866 was caught in the wake turbulence.
Not enough height to recover, so Pilot [Sqn/Ldr Ray Dixon] and Navigator [Fl/Lt Matt Syndercombe], ejected safely.
 
Thanks for that - interesting info - I had found out about the ADI but not the wake turbulance being the main cause of the crash. :)
 
Looks like it used to be rather more populated back then.

Quite a timely post really. I run past this place regularly and the site has been being thoroughly cleared for the past couple of weeks. I'd guess it'll be re-used for some light industrial purpose, if anything.

JD
 
Thats useful to know as I was going to visit soon but from what you say its not worth it.
 

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