SEPECAT Jaguar - Survivor XX108
GR.1B XX108 - Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton, Suffolk
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Jaguar GR.1B XX108 at Duxford, 4th June 2019; Damien Burke
The first production GR.1, XX108 first flew on 12th October 1972 and was a trial aircraft, initially lacking the chisel nose housing the laser gear used in service. She became the Jaguar International demonstrator airframe and was exhibited as such at the 1974 Farnborough Airshow. She suffered an embarrassing nose gear collapse at the 1979 Paris Air Show (no doubt delighting Dassault) but was soon back in the air. She was upgraded to a GR.1B in 1996 and used for Adour Mk.106 trials in 2000 before being retired in 2002. The IWM acquired her a few years later where it was placed on display in the Airspace hangar, dangling from the roof. She lacks engines, guns, and pylons in order to make her much lighter!
In June 2025, as a part of a large reshuffle in the museum's Airspace hangar, XX108 was relocated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum having been placed up for disposal some 18 months earlier. Part of the deal of acquiring the Jaguar was that the IWM would swap the Jaguar with Flixtons Harrier FA.2. Once XX108 was delivered to Flixton, it was reassembled and is now on display in their hangar.
In June 2025, as a part of a large reshuffle in the museum's Airspace hangar, XX108 was relocated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum having been placed up for disposal some 18 months earlier. Part of the deal of acquiring the Jaguar was that the IWM would swap the Jaguar with Flixtons Harrier FA.2. Once XX108 was delivered to Flixton, it was reassembled and is now on display in their hangar.
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