Rotation with 323 Sqn.

"Black Mike", previously used for for battle damage repair training as 9066M at Leuchars. After storage at Leuchars it was moved to Cosford in 2017 for restoration, then to St Athan in 2018 with South Wales Aviation Museum.

in the static display area at the Cosford Air Show

Despite having appeared on static display at every Leuchars Airshow since 1989, this aircraft seems to have been photographed remarkably few times on home turf. Known as "Black Mike", it served on both 43(F) and 111(F) Squadrons at Leuchars, and normally stands guard at the entrance to the latter squadron's HAS complex.

Streaming its tri-coloured parachute after landing runway 24.

Overhead are the first two F3s to re-equip the Leuchars squadrons. These two being GA and GB codes for 43 squadron.

111 Squadron aircraft based at RAF Leuchars painted in the retro colours of the "Black Arrows" team.

XV582 was delivered to the RAF in 1969 and served 43(F) Sqdn, 111 Sqdn and lastly 228 OCU. On 24.2.88, it made a record-breaking Lands End-John O'Groats run averaging 757 mph, at the same time becoming the first RAF Phantom to pass the 5,000 hr mark. For the 30th anniversary of Treble-One's "Black Arrows" and to mark the final years of FG.1 service, this striking livery was applied in 1989. After several appearances on the display circuit and final grounding, "Black Mike" was preserved at Leuchars before a move to Cosford in October 2017 in the care of the British Phantom Aviation Group.

This Phantom - known as "Black Mike" - set a Lands End to John O'Groats speed record on 24th Feb 1988. It did the 590 miles in 46:44 minutes, an average speed of 757 mph