Over the last 12 months we have been restoring Jaguar GR1 XX747. The final part of the restoration process was a trip away to the paint shop. A huge amount of effort went into this transformation. We hope you enjoy this short film to walk you through the process. Special thanks to the Serco painters and Finishers who went above and beyond on this project. History and Background: XX747 holds the FAI ratified flight speed record between the capital of Scotland and England. On 9th September 1977, Flt Lt Russ Peart of 226 OCU took off from Leuchars and headed south. A few minutes later he flew past the tower at RAF Turnhouse (now Edinburgh Airport) and accelerated as hard as XX747 would allow. Going Supersonic over Northern England, 26 min 25 seconds later the time trial was completed as the Jag flew past the tower at RAF Benson. One sonic boom later and assisted by a hefty tail wind the 330.6 mile flight was completed at an average speed of 750.89 mph. It is believed that the record still stands today. The Fédération aéronautique internationale who are responsible for verifying record-breaking flights supervised and ratified the flight. The brief for this restoration was to restore XX747 back to her 1977 Record Breaking Spec and finish so it can go on display as a high end Museum / Display piece. Its also worth noting the Desert paint scheme on the aircraft at the start of the video was spurious / fake paint scheme to XX747 in the early 90’s when the aircraft was retired from service and then used to train Ground Crew. If this had been genuine Gulf War paint / patina we would have 100% kept it 👍🏻

In 2021 the Jet Art Aviation team dismantled, road moved, then reassembled and restored this Ex Royal Navy Sea Harrier fighter jet back to ground running and taxi capable condition.

A short documentary filmed in 2019 after completion of the Transatlantic Air Race Harrier restoration project. Made in association with AVi8 watches this film by Robin Bharaj tells our story giving a little insight into what drives our passion for aircraft and aviation.

Awesome tribute video to the VAAC Harrier with some never seen before footage captured during hover board trials in 2006. Special thanks and credit to Tony Cann for providing this historical footage!

Tornado RB199 nozzle and thrust reverser action just because it's #ReheatFriday!

Back in 2007, off the southern coast of France on the French carrier Charles de Gaulle, VAAC Harrier XW175 performed the world's first Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landings (SRVL). Described as a "cockamamy British idea" by a USMC test pilot, the world's first trials to assess the feasibility of the landing technique were carried out, involving multiple touch-and-go landings. This technique is to be employed in service on UK F-35B aircraft. The final step of the 2007 trials was a full stop landing.

Part 2 of Tornado F3 ZE256's journey to the National Estonian Aviation Museum. In this installment we head out to Estonia and reassemble the aircraft, take some cracking phtographs, and park her up next to the monstrous MiG-25 Foxbat.

March 2019, Tornado F3 ZE256 is dismantled and loaded onto a single lorry ready for her trip to her new home at the National Estonian Aviation Museum. Part 1 of a 2 video move. Part 2 coming Sunday!