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    Airframe Family: English Electric Lightning
    Latest Model:Lightning F.53
    Last Military Serial:ZF593 MoD
    Construction Number:95298
    Last Civil Registration:G-27-62
    Compressed ID:English Electric Lightning F.53 sn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Lightning F.53.

    To English Electric Company with new c/r G-27-62.

    24 September 1968

    First flight.

    17 April 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Saudi Air Force with s/n 53-692.

    New serial number assigned: 1307 RSaAF

    New serial number assigned: 225 RSaAF

    22 January 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ministry of Defence with s/n ZF593.
    To British Aerospace, Warton.

    April 1990

    Transported by air.
    Via RAF Mildenhall to Warner Robins AFB in C-5A Galaxy 67-0171.

    April 1990

    To Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    April 1990

    Markings Applied: ZF593
    In false markings representing a Lightning F6 of 29Sqn RAF.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.

    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    19 May 2002


    Photographer: Norm Jukes

    By 2012

    Markings Applied: 5, L
    In false markings representing a Lightning F6 of 5Sqn RAF.

    12 November 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: Looks like its moved. This is at Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, next to the restoration hangar.

    25 May 2013


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Moved to display on Nov 15, 2012
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Patrick Carry
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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