On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 22:04:30 -0000, "gareth"
wrote:

We are definatly poorer as a nation
nic pics though cheers for sharing them

"RustY ©" wrote in message
3...
Someone sent these to me before the holidays so its not me up there with
the whip. [From the exif it could be Jamie Hunter] These Harriers did a
fly
past over a few east coast airfields for the last time.

Seems the F-35B STOVL variant of the Lightning II is "on probation"
and could well be cancelled:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?c...1-e1ad6b93cdf9

Perhaps the US Marines will be in the market for the RAF birds...?