McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1, XT859 / 2279, Royal Air Force
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Registration: XT859
Construction Number: 2279
Model McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom FG1
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: Glasgow - Clydeside - John L. Adam and Sons Ltd Scrapyard, UK - Scotland
Photographer: Charles E. MacKay
Date Taken: 02/1992
Date Submitted: 16/01/2007
The Phantoms arrived in the spring of 1992 and had all gone by June 1992 leaving a single cockpit section which survived to March 1993. They were scrapped at the ADAM Scrapyard beside the river Clyde in Partick Glasgow. The image is reputed to be the transatlantic winner of 1969
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