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Thanks for all the great work and updates! Did you also attend Duxford last week? Was looking for you, but somehow couldn't find you. Maybe I need glasses, or you simply weren't there...... Unfortunately we didn`t attend Duxford. With most events we have to weigh up the cost of attending versus how...

Head over to BPAG YouTube page for UK F-4 Phantom related videos.

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The weekend of June 3rd and 4th saw another hurdle jumped for Phantom F-4J(UK) ZE360 and the BPAG Team. The first J79 engine has now been removed from the aircraft for the first time since at least February 1991 with the weekend providing some steep learning curves for the team. https://live.staticf...

Ok, so a long overdue update on all things BPAG. April really has been a blur. Not to put too finer point on the matter, we had to complete a number of things all within the space of a few very short weeks. 1. Lay a large concrete slab - check 2. Relocate the aircraft and other stores from the taxiw...

The month of November saw the ZE360 BPAG restoration team finally expel most of the gremlins that had held up the work over the last 6 months and culminated in a number of important objectives achieved over the weekend of the 26th and 27th. It`s certainly been some time since the last update, howeve...

Here’s an interesting and unusual contribution to the BPAG collection. This Turn Around Guide and newspaper article have been generously donated by John Waterhouse, whose late father Lt. Cdr Paul Waterhouse was ex-F4 aircrew, and who provided the following background information- “My father was one ...

A selection of instruments and panels kindly donated by one of our supporters, Bob Daniels. Bob has spent many years collecting a wide variety of Phantom parts and equipment and earlier this year made the incredibly selfless decision to donate the majority of his collection to the group. We’ll be sh...

We are a couple of days late with this one, so apologies for the delay… July 1st 1987 saw the successful London to Edinburgh speed record undertaken by F-4J(UK)s of 74 Squadron, with Ian Gale and Ned Kelly aboard ZE360 and Cliff Spink and Steve Smyth in ZE361. ZE361 pipped the BPAG’s ZE360 to the po...

To mark the recent allocation of the 19 Sqn designation to the CRC facility at Boulmer, XV415 has received a partial repaint. Although the aircraft itself never served with 19 Sqn, the unit operated the FGR.2 as part of RAFG between 1977-92 and deployed to Cyprus during Desert Storm in 1990. https:/...

No appearance at RIAT? I would expect you would get some attention and donations there as well. Either way you are doing great, keep up the good work!! Thank you, your kind words are much appreciated. As a three day event, RIAT needs significant expenditure to be worthwhile. We are not in a postion...

Further to the recent post (above) we are now able to confirm more events that XV490 will be attending during 2022, with opportunities for cockpit visits as well as chances to meet and chat with ex-F4 aircrew and groundcrew members. Exclusive Phantom merchandise will also be available at some events...

We are pleased to be able to confirm our first event of the 2022 season. The British Phantom Aviation Group will be attending the Falklands 40th Anniversary/Cold War Call Up at Newark Air Museum on the weekend of 30th April/1st May. XV490’s cockpits will be open for visits, our merch/display stall w...

Key wrote: ↑23 Mar 2022, 18:56 Congratulations BPAG, and thanks for all the updates. You're doing great work.

Cheers,
Erik

Thank you for your kind words. Much appreciated.

The BPAG are happy to announce that we are now full members of Aviation Heritage UK (formerly The British Aviation Preservation Council) and would like to thank the committee for accepting us into their organisation. We will look forward to being an active part of the UK’s national body for the pres...

The BPAG are honoured and delighted to have recently been in receipt of a generous donation from Nigel Marks who, among his many notable achievements in service, was part of the ‘Tiger Trail’ flights that brought the F-4J(UK) to the UK in 1984 and was also the RAF’s F-4 display nav during the 1990 s...