Newark Air Museum - Night Shoot
Winthorpe, Newark-on-Trent
March 2025
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The highlights for this years Spring night shoot was the Swift making it outside and the repainted MiG-23ML and the Hunter T-7. |
Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-23ML (024003607 '458') after its repaint in 2024. |
Left to right: Mikoyan-Gurevitch MiG-27K 'Flogger' (61912507006 'Red 71'). It was repainted in 2022. |
Left to right: Supermarine Swift FR.5 (WK277 'N'). |
Left to right: Hawker Hunter T.7 (XL605 previously XX467 '86'). In 1958 XL605 was with 92 Squadron and the Blue Diamonds display team. In 1966 it was delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force and in 1968 was transferred to the Royal Jordanian Air Force. In 1974 the jet was returned to the RAF and refurbished at Dunsfold and given the new RAF serial XX467 serving with 229 OCU and the TWU. Reited in 1983 it was to be sold in 1997 and operated by Delta Jets as G-TVII. It was finally given to the Newark Air Museum in May 2017. |
Left to right: Gloster Meteor T.7 (VZ634). |
Left to right: Gloster Meteor NF.14 (WS739). |
Left to right: Fairey Gannet AEW.3 (XP226). |
Left to right: Hawker Siddeley Sea Vixen FAW.2 (XJ560 '302'). |
Avro Shackleton MR.3/3 (WR977 'B'). |
Left to right: Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-9036) repainted as '49-1007' 'TR-007'. |
Handley Page Hastings T.5 (TG517) |
Left to right: Handley Page Hastings T.5 (TG517).
Avro Vulcan B.2 (XM594) it was restored in 2022. |
Left to right: Dassault Mystère IVA (83 '8-MS') ex Armée de l'Air.
BAC Lightning T.5 (XS417 'DZ'). |