Record-breaking jet goes on sale
PEOPLE will get the chance to buy an RAF fighter jet which holds the speed record between Land’s End and John O’Groats as it goes to auction later this month.
The FG1 Phantom, nicknamed ‘Black Mike’, is being sold off by the Ministry of Defence alongside another Phantom and a Lightning F3 fighter which have been on display as ‘gate guardians’.
‘Black Mike’ set the speed record in 1988 with a 46m 44s dash the length of the country and it is currently housed, along with the other two, at RAF Leuchars in Fife.
All three planes do not have engines and the MoD has confirmed the RAF already has one type of each aircraft preserved for posterity.
A group of plane enthusiasts have begun a campaign to buy the jet and restore it, fearing it could end up being scrapped.
For more information go to www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341253/Phantom_aircraft.pdf
