RAF Abingdon Fire Dump 1984

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The following are scanned images from prints taken at RAF Abingdon Fire Dump in 1984. The RAF base has closed and is now in the hands of the army being renamed Dalton Barracks. The runways are still in place and are used regularly for gliding by 612 Volunteer Gliding Squadron.

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Unidentified Jaguar Wings
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English Canberra T4 - WJ867 - Ex Empire Test Pilots School Boscombe Down
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English Electric Canberra TT18 - WH856 Ex Fleet Requirements And Direction Unit (FRADU)
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English Electric Canberra B(I)8 - WV787 - Fitted With Buccaneer Nose Cone - Used For Trials Of Ferranti NA39 Radar - Now Preserved At Newark Air Museum
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Vickers Valiant BK1 - XD816 - Now Preserved At Brooklands
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Indian Airforce Jaguar - Possibly Ex RAF GR1 XX118
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Hawk T1 XX344 - Crashed RAE Bedford 7 January 1982 - Caused By The Aircraft Flying Into The Wing Vortex Of A Bristol Brittania Landing 45 Seconds Beforehand
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Vickers Valiant BK1 - XD816 Nose Section With Indian AirForce Jaguar In Foreground
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De Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen XJ607 & Unidentified Westland Whirlwind Helicopter
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English Electric Canberra B(I)8 - WV787
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English Canberra T4 - WJ867
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English Electric Canberra B(I)8 - WV787
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English Electric Canberra TT18 - WH856
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Vickers Valiant BK1 XD816 - With Indian Airforce Jaguar In The Foreground

Thanks for looking.
 
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Brilliant, I spent a lot of time poking around there when I was a kid, looks like you took these before the Tristars Nimrod AEW's and the Vulcan arrived, think it was about 88,89.

Me:lol:
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The Vulcan was there at the time I think parked by the control tower. If memory serves I think the VC10's were there but not the Nimrods.
 
Great shots :)
Another aircraft graveyard gone to the dogs.ive got a image of another Canberra TT 18 on Llanbedr fire dump WH887 with 847 on the nose
 
Nice pics. That Canberra with the Buc nose looks cool.
 
Sooooo brilliant, especially the Canberra B1 . That looks like a CHL mast in the back of that particular picture as well - it can't be though can it??
GDZ
 
The Vulcan was there at the time I think parked by the control tower. If memory serves I think the VC10's were there but not the Nimrods.

hi there

in some of the pictures there is a mast in the background was this at the shippon dispersal end past of the ils tower and infrastructure ?

cheers
 
Yeah, it was later part of the RSS dump just behind the Air Cadet building.

hi there

Thought it may have been there the metal base is still in the ground infront of the buliding doors are solid but the ere is a tree growing in front of it.

when you were over at the atc tower on your visit did you notice how the trees had grown through the fire exit metal work on the rear of the tower ?

the other green buildings dotted around are the old airfield lighting buildings still got the stuff in side long disconnected of course.
cheers
 
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Indian Airforce Jaguar - Possibly Ex RAF GR1 XX118

Indian Air Force Pilot: Hello, Air Traffic Control, I have an emergency. My landing gear won't deploy.
Indian Air Traffic Control: OK, Have you tried your router? Make sure it's plugged into your phone line?
Indian Air Force Pilot: What??? What router? I am being in an aircraft trying to land!!!
Indian Air Traffic Control: Well, have you updated your anti virus software. Perhaps you are infected.
Indian Air Force Pilot: Virus? How can I have a bloody virus? This is an Air Force aircraft. Of COURSE I don't have a virus!!!
Indian Air Traffic Control: Sir, please to be calm. I am only trying to help. Is your equipment plugged into the wall socket?
Indian Air Force Pilot: MAYDAY, MAYDAY!!! I am going to crash!!! MAYDAY!!!
Indian Air Traffic Control: Please sir, stop shouting. I must tell you... oh. Never mind.
 

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