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Two questions -
Which SR-71A flew on Saturday 24/05/86 either 17960 or 17980

Also on arrivals day Friday 23/05/86 I have photos of Buccaneer S2B XW530 HF 12 sqn and XW533 AS 208 sqn
although Scramble only list XW530 at the show ?

Thanks for any help

Doughnut wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:38 pm

Two questions -
Which SR-71A flew on Saturday 24/05/86 either 17960 or 17980

Also on arrivals day Friday 23/05/86 I have photos of Buccaneer S2B XW530 HF 12 sqn and XW533 AS 208 sqn
although Scramble only list XW530 at the show ?

Thanks for any help

According to the 'BAR' reprt for the show, 17960 was the display SR-71A. Confirmed that XW530 was in attendance, though 'BAR' has it coded as 'F'; but there is no mention at all of XW533, either in connection with the show or as a visitor in late May.

HTH,
M

Thankyou very much for the reply. I had my doubts about XW533 as being taken on the same day as XW530 but thats what the ticket said.

My own log notes show XW530 at Mildenhall on Sat 24.5.1986 as code "HF"

A photo on Flickr shows it that same day

https://www.flickr.com/photos/58611670@N04/8567871985

mustang5861 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:40 pm

Doughnut wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:38 pm

Two questions -
Which SR-71A flew on Saturday 24/05/86 either 17960 or 17980

Also on arrivals day Friday 23/05/86 I have photos of Buccaneer S2B XW530 HF 12 sqn and XW533 AS 208 sqn
although Scramble only list XW530 at the show ?

Thanks for any help

According to the 'BAR' reprt for the show, 17960 was the display SR-71A.

Shot of 17980 in static
SR-71 - 17980 Det 4, 9th SRW Mildenhall by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Knife 04 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 30, 2023 3:09 pm

mustang5861 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:40 pm

Doughnut wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:38 pm

Two questions -
Which SR-71A flew on Saturday 24/05/86 either 17960 or 17980

Also on arrivals day Friday 23/05/86 I have photos of Buccaneer S2B XW530 HF 12 sqn and XW533 AS 208 sqn
although Scramble only list XW530 at the show ?

Thanks for any help

According to the 'BAR' reprt for the show, 17960 was the display SR-71A.

Shot of 17980 in static
SR-71 - 17980 Det 4, 9th SRW Mildenhall by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Just to clarify: yes, 17960 was the display aircraft, i.e. it participated in the Flying display; and 17980 was in what 'BAR', in its
listings for airshows, refers to as the Static participants. Apologies for any confusion caused. Good photo!

mustang5861 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:34 pm

Apologies for any confusion caused. Good photo!

No confusion at all Mustang - just trying to clarify your point with photographic evidence

Thanks for the comment

Could anyone share a log of the show in 86??

take a look under scramble site uner airshows

A link would be more useful:

https://www.scramble.nl/database/show-r ... nhall-1986

I do have a Word document from the 23rd if it would help more. Don't have time at the moment to reformat it to reproduce here.

Very nice.

For my log 26th May 1985, i.e. the year before, I have XW533/AS 208 Sqn as at the show. Mix up on photo cataloguing?

Cheers

Bob

I was there all day for 23/05/1986 and only have one Buccaneer arriving - XW530/HF

Nighthawke wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 29, 2025 1:13 pm

I was there all day for 23/05/1986 and only have one Buccaneer arriving - XW530/AF

Can I suggest the code was "HF"

Apologies typo on my part yes, XW530/HF