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SteveD CB500K0:
My source tells me that there are normally 16 Typhoons based at Coningsby.


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haynes66:
thundering typhoons!  all that's missing are billions of blue blistering barnacles!  (that's for all you tintin readers)

Trigger:
For all interested parties. The order of launch was as follows.
337, 344, 319, 314, 310, 306, 331, 928, 914, 929, 939, 916, 380, 354, 364, 316, 312, 383, 304, 357, 950, 920, 381.
Air spares 802, 427, 812.
Leaving 315, 352, 377, 313, 360, 320, 308, 346, 317 on the pan.
301 was billy no mates in 11Sqn area.

Orcade-Ian:

--- Quote from: SteveD CB500F on June 30, 2018, 06:55:40 AM ---I’m going to the RAF100 on 10th July so will report back on how mNy Typhoons were there.




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Wot, no Buccaneer?  I served my apprenticeship with Hawker Siddeley at Brough making those - are there none left flying now?

Ian

flatfour:
Julie you might be right with the £4,000 per hour figure for a Typhoon, although it would surprise me if it was the case when maintenance and other costs are taken into account. I would have thought that perhaps £40,000 per hour was nearer to the mark, as a modern small business jet will easily exceed £6,000 per hour when hangarage, insurance, crew and maintenance charges are accounted for. Although not shown as up - front costs, all of those must exist for the armed forces, and on a much greater scale?

Some ten years ago, our light six - seat twin (Cessna 310Q) was costing almost £800 per hour to operate (that's why I no longer fly complex types, retirement just prohibits it!).

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