The forum is well worth a visit. aircraft, Photos of aircraft taken at Finningley. Many photos at Finningley, do photo search location Retired in 1978. Jetstream T.1 coded '71' of No. I had a great time at Finningley in the early 70s, training as a nav. Displayed at the Queens Silver Jubilee air show at RAF Finningley. I recall we lived at 107 West Barrier and, as with many childhood memories, it was a magical time. Copyright © 2018 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. We'd arrived from Jamaica and settled easily into RAF life. It carries the Tripartie roundel (UK, Germany, Italy) on the fin. Built at Woodford in Autumn 1959 serving with 230 OCU and then 27 Squadron in the maritime reconnaissance role. Two Nimrods of the Kinloss Wing fly past at the Jubilee airshow at RAF Finningley. Victor K.2 XL160 of 55 Squadron Marham leads this formation flypast at RAF Finningley. It's fast and easy... Shows some pictures of Vulcans at Finningley, Hundreds of high quality pictures of military I recall watching Top Gun in the mess at which point the Mets chaps laughed heartily when the nav bought it, to be countered with 'at least he got to fly in a fast jet' which promptly shut them up. I think it’s the water tower on the way to Bawtry as well. RAF Finningley. A forum for the professionals who fly military hardware. ZG770 Panavia Tornado F3 Royal Air Force RAF Finningley (FNY / EGXI), UK - England Malcolm Clarke - 19/09/1992 Full Details 2611 Northrop T-38A Talon Portuguese Air Force RAF Finningley (FNY / EGXI), UK - England Malcolm Clarke - 10/09/1992 Also participating are two EE Lightnings, four F-4K Phantoms and three Canberras. Hang on, its all coming back now. I had a great time at Finningley in the early 70s, training as a nav. The airport opened its doors to commercial traffic on the 28th April 2005 and is based on the site of the former RAF Finningley. That last pic looks more like Tattershall castle at the end of Coningsby's runway not Finningley. 3 Flying Training School based ar RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire. My dad was stationed at RAF Finningley from 1952-56 when we moved to Malaya. Yes, wondered about that myself - unless they've re-modelled Maltby Colliery's pithead. Main article: Doncaster Sheffield Airport. left of runway between B and C dispersal, click on pictures to enlarge. The squadrons insignia is on the fin. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Also in that last shot, the taxiway to the right was where the Nimrod AEW3 was parked for Eng training, wasn’t it? Got confused, they thought it was wadders. MEMORIAL SITE : RAF Station Commanders, Squadrons & Units Board MEMORIAL SITE : Vulcan (XH558) Engineering Award Plaque MISCELLANEOUS : Aircraft at Finningley / Doncaster Robin Hood Back in the ‘good old days’,when cost cutting was only laying on MT to get you back from the Baths. -  Website hosted by, Doncaster / Sheffield - Robin Hood (EGCN / DSA), Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382/100). Power Edwin Stanley. And I remember the place when there were a couple of Valiant sqns there! The Blacksmith Arms at Everton served a decent pint, some chums lived nearby so we had no problems driving back and there was the thrill of flying in Pigs, JPs and VC5s, Oh god .... 7th Heaven. Wednesday night in Camelots. RAF Finningley. Victor K.2 XL512 of 57 Squadron follows. "yer dancing" = statement not a question, and that was the women. RAF Finningley. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use. Do Not Sell My Personal Information -. Robin Hood Airport: Robin Hood Airport website (Finningley) That "castle" is probably the water tower just north of Bawtry on the old A1; I think the other building is Partridge Hill Farm. XZ280 is top left and XZ282 is lower right. That was known as something wasn't it. A Phantom FGR.2 leads the RAF Germany formation flypast at the Queens Silver Jubilee Airshow at RAF Finningley. Also for the backroom boys and girls who support the flying and maintain the equipment, and without whom nothing would ever leave the ground. You'd have thought they'd have found a way to make smaller pizzas that could be stored inside, rather than that ugly roofbox. Courtesy of British Movietone Programme looking at the closure of RAF Finningley, October 1995. I have photographs of our house, the school near/on the camp and some class photographs. It is seen here at the Queen's Review of the RAF for Her Silver Jubilee. during the Second World War 1939-1945. This single engined powered glider was used for Air Cadet air experience flights. Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies), The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions, Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning, Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting. Note: By ticking this box you consent to placing a cookie on your computer. One for the aviation buffs: All the technical information you could ever want about the airport plus much more. F/Sgt. This site contains a large collection of photographs by various photographers of Aircraft, Vehicles and Events at Robin Hood (Doncaster Sheffield) Airport. Converted to E.1 standard with 115 Squadron and named "Jason". All the technical information you could ever want Didn’t we have to go past it on the ‘Run Swims’? New terminal building and car park to Arguably the most famous of the Finningley's Avro Vulcan Bombers was aircraft No XH558.