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    Airframe Family: English Electric Lightning
    Latest Model:Lightning F.53
    Last Military Serial:ZF580 MoD
    Construction Number:95277
    Last Civil Registration:G-27-42
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport / Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lightning F.53.

    28 November 1967

    First flight.

    Circa November 1967

    To BAe Warton with new c/r G-27-42.
    Class B registration taken up.

    18 November 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Saudi Air Force with s/n 53-672.

    14 January 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n ZF580.
    With BAe Warton.

    17 August 1990

    To BAE Systems, Samlesbury Airfield, Blackburn, Lancashire/Lancs, England.
    Gate Guardian at BAe factory.
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    11 March 2013

    To Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
    Reported as having been used in making moulds for life sized replicas? Initially in storage - now (2014-09) in museum hanger.
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    17 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Classic Air Museum Newquay

    17 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    17 September 2014


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    10 June 2018


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: RAF Cosford, UK

    By 10 June 2018

    Markings Applied: XR768/A
    To represent a 74Sq Aircraft.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Thomas Delvoye
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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