Dumfries & Caerlaverock Castle from the Air

**nixphotography** · 6th December 06, 02:10 PM

Beautiful shots. Thank you for sharing.

Brett

**cavscout** · 6th December 06, 02:21 PM

is that an F4 in the background of the first photo?

Thanks for the pics.

**cessna152towser** · 6th December 06, 02:42 PM

is that an F4 in the background of the first photo?

Yes its a Phantom F4 (or FGR.2 as it was classified by the RAF. ) Serial number XV406, it landed here about 1998. Someone in the RAF had intended to loan it to our aviation museum but the powers that be had second thoughts that it was too modern a piece of military hardware to make available for public viewing and it was parked airside on a remote area until about a year ago, when the RAF finally struck it off charge and handed it over to the museum. So it has only recently become available for public viewing and could do with a repaint.

**haukehaien** · 6th December 06, 03:02 PM

One of the first airplane models I ever built was a Phantom FGR2; I really like the looks of the aircraft. It'll make a nice display, once you get it painted up. (I'd offer to help, but I suspect that 1:48 scale doesn't translate to the real world very well.)