Double Q-Shed Scramble - Lightning QRA At Bruntingthorpe Airfield 28/7/2013
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2024
- The Lightning Preservation Group based at Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire celebrated their 25th anniversary in style on 28th July 2013 by staging a double QRA scramble with Lightnings - XS904/BQ and XR728/JS . Visit the LPG's website at www.lightnings.org.uk
Oh god im so pxxxed i never got to see this fantastic display
I think it’s bloody criminal that they’re not aloud to fly!
Beautiful aircraft its replacements the sepcatt jaguar and panvier tornado were no where near as manoeuvrable or capable in a dogfight its retirement left a gap in our airforce 🇬🇧until the typhoon came along
Excellent Video. Was there and it was a superb day. Looking forward to the next one
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Great video, nicely shot and edited, thanks
Terrific video and splendid work by the LPG . They have improved their facilities immensely from when I 'found' them on a cold damp saturday in January 2003.
In those days the 2 Lightnings lived in the open air covered by tarpaulins held down by heavy tyres.
Each weekend one was unwrapped and started to run the engines. This provided warmth for the air frame for the next 2 weeks, and so on.
The guys who did this had to do the prep in the open and take their lunch break in an old green Transit bus.
Lots of different tests and checks before startup, one of which was to ensure no debris or insects, birds etc had got by the cap on the air intake. This was done by an enthusiast who climbed into the intake to clean it. A real enthusiast. Is he still with the team? I have a photo of him in situ but can't see how to add it to my comment.
Yes, the LPG group have done a fantastic job over the years - do sad that they no longer have access to the runway. That said, do keep an eye on the LPG website for any news updates.
80 miles north of Aberdeen, heading south...
That'll be over London before you finish your cup of tea.
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best ever, i was at EE.
Call it off! Some Eurofighter jock reported it was a damned Cirrus jet who lost its comm!
BAD ass
The aloominum pursuit ship!
I have seen this kind of fighter jet before, it almost looks like a Soviet MIG at the front. When were these planes operational, from-to what year???
According to Wikipedia (Make of that what you will) The Lightning F.1 entered service with the RAF in 1960 (3 pre-production P.1Bs entered service in 1959) and lasted until 1988.
Hi Peter, I totally agree with you about the Lightning, and by listening to what the pilots had to say about it was high praise indeed.
It would have been interesting to see what further developments could have been made to the plane, but whether that didn't happen due to the air frame's limitations or the government not willing to spend any more money on updating it.
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