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The Dramatic Final Takeoff of Panavia Tornado ZA365 at RAF Lossiemouth
(Image: Martyn Wraight; Panavia Tornado ZA365 blasts off from Lossiemouth for the last time) Tornado ZA365 isn’t a recent RTP, but we wanted to showcase these superb photographs by Martyn Wraight,...
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Complete F-104 Starfighter Piled atop Abandoned Vehicles in Rome Scrapyard
(Image: Roger Wood) It’s fairly unusual to see a complete airframe lying in a scrapyard, amid the abandoned vehicles and other assorted wrecks that also await their turn for the cold mechanical claws...
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Patchwork Paint Scheme Makes Tornado ZD749 the RAF’s Most Untidy GR4
(Image: Nick Collins; Tornado ZD749, with its patchwork paint job, passes through the Mach Loop) As more and more airframes are withdrawn from service and cannibalised for spare parts to keep the...
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The Final Flight of Avro Vulcan XH558, the World’s Last Airworthy V-Bomber
(Image: Airwolfhound; Avro Vulcan XH558 (G-VLCN), ‘The Spirit of Great Britain’) Earlier today, behind a veil of secrecy reminiscent of her Cold War role as Britain’s nuclear deterrent, Avro Vulcan...
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Haunting Military Time Capsule Photographed by Urban Explorers
(All images by 4.4.2 Explorations) Last week Urban Ghosts featured an stunning collection of vintage Renault ABJ railcars snapped by urbex photographer 4.4.2 Explorations. Today, we wanted to showcase...
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Rare Two-Seat Hispano Aviación HA-1112-M4L Buchon to be Returned to Flight
(All images courtesy of Mike Fizer/AOPA; rare HA-1112-M4L two-seat trainer) In September we featured the amazing story of a World War Two time capsule discovered on a Texas ranch, made up of a cache...
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The Record-Breaking Wellington Bomber Built in 24 Hours
(Image: Alan Wilson; N2980, one of only two surviving Wellington bombers) It’s one of the most amazing yet little-known stories from the annals of RAF Bomber Command. In the early summer of 1943,...
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The Grangemouth Spitfire: Proud Memorial to the Pilots of No. 58 Operational...
(All images by Urban Ghosts; the Grangemouth Spitfire memorial) Situated 25 miles north west of Edinburgh, the town of Grangemouth is today dominated by one of the largest oil refineries in Europe....
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The Decaying Aviation Relics of Siberia’s Ugolny Airport
(Image: Dmitry Avdeev; abandoned Sukhoi Su-15TM at Ugolny Airport) Strategically situated on the Gulf of Anadyr amid the icy tundra of the Russian Far East, Ugolny Airport serves as a mixed-use...
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9 Abandoned Nike Missile Bases of the United States
(Image: Laura Turner/US Air Force; abandoned Nike missile base Site Summit, Alaska) It seems hard to believe now, but the 20th century was marked by a very real belief that the world’s great...
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The Derelict MiG-25 Foxbats of Tiyas Airbase, Syria
(Image: Google Earth; Tiyas airbase, home to abandoned MiG-25 Foxbats) It’s unclear how many Syrian Air Force MiG-25 Foxbat fighter jets remain in service, but of around 38 in the original inventory,...
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Tornado GR4 Prototype XZ631 in Stunning New Paint Scheme at Elvington
(Image: Steve Tron; pre-production Panavia Tornado XZ631 after refurbishment at Elvington) By the second half of last year, the Yorkshire Air Museum’s Panavia Tornado GR4 was beginning to look rather...
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10 Enduring Cold War Mysteries & Conspiracy Theories
(Image: Pline; the lost cosmonauts and other bizarre Cold War mysteries) The Cold War was the tense time when ‘mysterious’ became the default setting for international affairs. Two great superpowers...
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10 Abandoned Gun Emplacements, Artillery Batteries & Flak Towers
(Image: Prioryman; abandoned 100 ton gun turret at Fort Gorazda, Montenegro) Here at Urban Ghosts, we’ve spent a lot of time covering abandoned military bases and other facilities. From abandoned Nike...
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F-4C Phantom “Annette” at The Military College of South Carolina
(Image: Wally Gobetz; McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom “Annette” in Charleston, SC) There are many retired McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom combat jets languishing across the United States (and indeed the...
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The Mysterious Desert Runways of the Tonopah Test Range
(Image: Google Earth; the dusty expanses of Eastman Airfield Target, Nevada) Nestled amid 625 square miles of the most restricted desert land in the free world, Tonopah Test Range sits on the northern...
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Inspiration: Historic Space Shuttle Mockup Stored in Downey, California
(Image: Columbia Memorial Space Center; Space Shuttle Inspiration mockup while on display in Downey) Throughout the service life of NASA’s Space Shuttle programme, two impressive full size orbiter...
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Disassembled F-4 Phantom XT905 Stored at Bentwaters, Suffolk
(Image: Andrew Haynes; F-4 Phantom XT905 in storage at Bentwaters airfield, Suffolk) Take a look at RAF North Luffenham, now St George’s Barracks, on Google Earth and you’ll see a neglected McDonnell...
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RAE Bedford: Historic Wind Tunnels of the Royal Aircraft Establishment
(Image: Rez*; the former Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE Bedford) wind tunnel site) After World War Two, two adjoining sites north of Bedford, in the East of England, were redeveloped into what...
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The Dismantled Hulk of Phantom F-4C 63-7414 at the Midland Air Museum
(Image: Alan Wilson; the hulk of Phantom F-4C 63-7414 at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry) Take a look at the Midland Air Museum on Google Earth and you’ll find an impressive collection of retired...
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