| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 88003 |
| Military Code: | 883 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Swearingen SA-226 Metro |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild Swearingen SA-226/227 Merlin IV/Metro |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild Swearingen Tp88 Metro III/AEW |
| C/n (msn): | AC-421B |
| Operator Titles: | Sweden - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | FarnboroughMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLF IATA: FAB Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1988 |
| Photo Date: | 10 September 1988 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 817392 |
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Built as Merlin IV c/n AT-070 N5498M in 1979 and used as a static test airframe. Converted to a Metro III in 1982 then to the Swedish Air Force as 88003 in 1987 and used as a demonstrator for the Erickson AEW Erieye Radar. Converted to a standard Metro III and registered as SE-LIM and then to OLT - Ostfriesische Lufttransport as D-COLD in 1998. To McNeely Charter Service as N211RH in 2010. Current on the register with them in 2025. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 16 June 2025, and has since been viewed 79 times. |