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    Airframe Family: Hawker Siddeley Harrier
    Latest Model:Sea Harrier FA.2
    Last Military Serial:ZD579 RN
    Construction Number:41H-912042/B36/P14
    Compressed ID:BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 sn ZD579 RN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1985

    Constructed as a Sea Harrier FRS.1 by BAE.

    9 April 1985

    First flight.

    30 April 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZD579.

    23 May 1985

    Transferred to 899NAS, RNAS Yeovilton.

    23 May 1985

    Markings Applied: 200
    Large black 200 code on nose (Paris Air Show participant code).

    12 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Landing at IAT Fairford.

    13 July 1985


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford IAT

    By 29 October 1985

    Markings Applied: ZD579
    Noted at RNAS Yeovilton with no code, just the mailed fist of 899NAS on the tail.

    By 24 May 1986

    Markings Applied: 710
    Code 710 on side of engine intakes.

    24 May 1986


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete

    8 June 1993

    Converted to a Sea Harrier FA.2 by BAE.
    At BAe Dunsfold.

    25 August 1994

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZD579.

    15 November 1994

    Transferred to 801 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Yeovilton.

    By October 2000

    Transferred to 801nas, HMS Illustrious.
    Noted at MCAS Miramar Air Show 2000-10-14.

    By October 2000

    Markings Applied: 003, L
    Code 003 on engine intakes, HMS Illustrious code L on top of fin, rudder black and white checks.

    By September 2005

    Transferred to 801nas, HMS Ark Royal.

    By September 2005

    Markings Applied: 012, R
    Code 012 on engine intakes, HMS Ark Royal code R on top of fin, rudder black and white checks.

    17 September 2005


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Show

    11 January 2006

    Assigned to RAF Shawbury store for storage.

    16 October 2007

    Transported by ground.
    From RAF Shawbury to RNAS Culdrose.

    16 October 2007

    To School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    By 28 July 2009

    Markings Applied: 79, 79, DD
    79 on forward fuselage, 79 on top of fin, DD (code for the SFDO) on top of fin. 801NAS Emblem still on tail but black and white checks on rudder removed.

    28 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Show
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    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
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     Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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