c/n 1527
Built 1966 as the Prototype YF-4K.
Carried out flight testig at Edwards AFB and NAS Patuxent River. Arrived at Hucknall for Rolls Royce in during May 1969 and fitted with British instrumentation, flying again in March 1970. Flew on trials and testing work at RAE Bedford with deployments to Rolls Royce at Hucknall, Bristol at Filton, Hawkers at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. Badly damaged at Bedford in October 1974 as a result of a burst tyre. Flying again by January 1975. Undertook various trials at BAE Scampton between December 1983 and January 1988 when it was retired and flown to Yeovilton for the FAA museum collection.
Seen on display in Hall 3 as part of the ‘Carrier’ exhibiton.
Fleet Air Arm Museum
RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, UK.
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