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My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

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Unknown74
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My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Unknown74 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 8:29 am

Hi all this mystery has dogged & bugged me for many many years- I was at a fruit farm near Edinburgh Airport on Saturday 2nd July 1988, and was waiting in the car for someone to catch up with us when I looked up to see a Phantom pulling up on departure presumably after a missed approach or PD and to this day haven’t found out which Phantom it was? Obviously being a Saturday it was unusual to see this happening. Does anyone have any ideas as to a serial and whose it was please.?..........

Tonka14
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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Tonka14 » Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:44 pm

XV590/AX Phantom FG.1 43 Sqdn was in on the 1st according to BAR so that could be it if it night stopped.

Unknown74
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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Unknown74 » Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:20 pm

Now I never thought it had actually landed at Edinburgh rarely apart from diversions have I known Leuchars Phantoms to land at Edinburgh only missed approaches. If I had known it had landed I would gone and had a look. Cheers, one mystery solved. You don’t know what it’s callsign was by any chance?

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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Tonka14 » Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:36 am

No callsign mentioned in BAR report , Sorry

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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by sandybenzies » Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:15 pm

Having recently joined this forum I was scrolling through old queries relating to Edinburgh. I can advise thanks to "Scottish Air News" that XV590 diverted in from Leuchars, landing at 1703 on 1st July 1988 call-sign I2Q42 and departed at 1052 on the 2nd call-sign P2D40.
Hope this is of use even 20 months later!
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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Unknown74 » Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:59 pm

Thank you very much Tonka14 and sandybenzies you have help to solve a mystery which has bugged me for about 34 Years! I actually remember sitting in the family car without my binoculars, radio and notebook in the car park at the Norton Fruit Farm when surprise surprise a Phantom departed Edinburgh Airport!

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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by balamorybuzzed » Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:58 pm

Interesting that on both days they were, by the look of it, QRA callsigns!

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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by Mike » Mon Jun 20, 2022 5:52 pm

Not QRA callsigns at all, just normal alpha-numeric callsigns in the old Phantom days.
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Re: My Edinburgh Phantom Mystery in 1988.

Post by balamorybuzzed » Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:53 pm

OK, thanks, good to know.

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