Phantom FG1 XT597, the first pre-production example of the Rolls-Royce Spey-engined McDonnell Douglas F-4K version, has been acquired from Everett Aero in a private sale by Mark Abbott. The jet, still in its 'raspberry ripple' scheme as worn during many years on the strength of the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down, will be restored by the British Phantom Aviation Group, of which the new owner is a management team member. XT597 will soon be moved from the Everett facility at Bentwaters, Suffolk, to the BPAG's new premises at an as yet undisclosed location in the East Midlands.
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