I wish my dad was still alive to see this, he loved the Lightening and worked on them during the 1960s when he was with 5 Squadron Royal Air Force. Thank you for the pleasant memory.
As a kid growing up at RAF Binbrook all I can say is thank you for the flashback to a memorable time, and the builders of the model have earned my respect for the justice they did to an amazing aircraft
Couldn't agree more. I have heard a number of Lightening pilots interviewed and apparently way ahead of its time and awesome performance. Very nice model.
The Lightning was incredible but the best part for me was the detail on that model RC lawnmower, the flashy light thingy and the animatronic driver was very realistic! 😁⚠️
It is amazing what they can do these days. I think a good half of the population of the US hasn't noticed that our VP is animatronic. A flashy light addition would likely help his poor wife know when he is turned on and make him way more interesting on TV.
@@karlharvymarx2650 I had my suspicions, it was the 'empty' eyes, vacant expression, souless behaviour, the jerky 'animatronic' movements etc it all makes sense now! The 'flashy light thingy' is a great way for his wife to know when he is turned on but I bet she wishes he would have a new power cell implant to give him a bit extra oomph! 😯⚠️😁😷😎👍🙈
Yes indeed. The pilot of the lawn mower was superb! Super smooth handling over rough terrain and slick control of steering and throttle combined! Whereas the bozo flying the EEL must have been 'OD ing' on the moonshine! Aggressive, jerky and poorly coordinated manoeuvres .... Darned lucky he managed to land at all!
What a model, never realised one of such size existed, just like the real thing, sound and sharp crisp manoeuvres. Some 40 years ago at the then RAF Church Fenton air display, the RAF commentator described it as a flying engine with a pilot perched on top. A cloudless clear blue sky the display ended with the plane flying low level then straight up vertical, always remember 6 to 8 seconds later it had vanished, never seen something climb as fast as that! Such power, thanks for bringing back the memories.
Ben Hitchcock I think it’s full name was English Electric Lightning, and was UK’s only Mach 2 jet which was fully home grown. In the end, money & not engineering skill which killed off that capability. Sad. Proud of the beast. Lovely R/C model.
I thought the detail was poor. The real Lightning would have needed to refuel during a sortie as long. Having an accident, that was realistic, they were always doing that.
Looks so much like the real thing in flight, fabulous. As a child I can remember watching Lightnings fly out of RAF Leuchars in Scotland , brings back great memories, Thanks for posting.
Thank-you, lovely seeing an EE Lightning flying again, even if a small bigger model of one! I remember seeing the full size ones taking off on full re-heat with the ground seeming to shake and the air crackling like a volcano erupting.
Great flying display, although if he was to try “re-heat” standing on it’s tail, he would’ve just put it in the clouds that day. The finesse with the drogue, landing ‘chute was also very reminiscent.
Awesome! I used to work as a technician on No 56 Squadron, the last of the silver lightnings before they all got smeared in camouflage paint. I was lucky enough to be offered a flight in a T5 trainer and had a superb aerobatic flight over the North Sea near Lowestoft. Loved flying in it and loved working on it and the lads I worked with were brilliant!
I've seen the real Bruntingthorpe Lightning XS904 and this model does it justice. Just so nice to see on the ground and in the air. The starboard landing gear seemed off but it landed ok. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful aircraft, fun commentary. Saw a real Lighting back in the 70's, never forget the way it shot vertically up into the sky, afterburners glowing and shaking the ground and everything on it!
Man... use to watch these 'lightnings take off at RAF Leuchars... afterburners straight at us on the main road (150-200yds tops) .. 😈 the ground, the air, yer guts... ROAAAAAAAARRR!! Squadron 111 .. ☇ ... ☇lighting bolts! Great model
Same at Binbrook. The noise of them scrambling was felt, rather than heard. Even when they were more than a mile away. We could hear the engines being throttled up from our house, which was 8 miles away from the airfield. Unforgettable.
+RWBHere .. POWER! Two fighters always sat ready in special hangers at the main road end / West end of the runway. The Phantoms ripped a substantial hole in the space/time continuum too 😈
Quite! The Vulcans at Waddington were also pretty impressive. I was in the Village Hall, which is adjacent to the runway, when six of them scrambled, fuelled and armed, during the Falklands spat. The whole building was shaking, as if in an earthquake. Things are a bit quieter these days.
Loved the English Electric Lightning. On a low fly-by at displays it made so many spectators hit the deck. I have never heard anything as loud as the twin jet engines with wings ever in my life!
In my youth my father worked at Gloster Aviation until it' government aided closure. At a near by air display the Gloster Gladiator my father had helped in the apprentice reconstruction of it was being flown. At the same time an English Electric Lightning gave a display fly over. The plane came in at fairly low height, the pilot as it came level with the spectators stood the plane on it's tail, put afterburners on full and went straight up breaking the sound barrier as he climbed. Tremendous!! My father commented that he wasn't allowed to do that over a built up area, however the crowd gave a tremendous cheer and a little boy filed that in his memory bank!! Different times indeed.
That model was gorgeous. I used to watch the Lightnings at Colt sat on the roof of my dad's car back in the day, and when that model started the take-off run I was straight back there - and was half-expecting re-heats to kick in!
Great to see, wonder if it leaks fuel like the real ones did. My hearing gone from being a engine fitter on 29Sqn at RAF Wattisham on Lightings in 1970's
Chris Angrove: If that is the cause, or a contributing cause to your hearing loss, do you know you can claim a War Pension for it? Also a contributing factor is gunfire and pyrotechnics. I'm ex-Para, and I was compensated with little problemfor my loss.
Good advice from Jay, check out the Veterans Agency website and submit an application, it is a lengthy procedure but you have nothing to lose. One of my friends put in an application relating to his knee, which he injured playing sport in the Army, and he currently receives nearly £3k per year (tax free) and will do for the rest of his life. This sum goes up annually with increases for inflation, just like the standard Military Pension.
Brought back memories from being at Binbrook in the 1970s 11 squadron and 5 squadron all I can say is what an aircraft best days of my life watching them fly everyday
Beautiful aircraft. Not for nothing was it known as the "Frightening". Basically, 2 powerful jet engines with a pilot sat on top. I remember seeing one of these doing a "hot scrsmble" and near-vertical climb-out on reheat from an air show at Biggin Hill in the 1960s. No namby-pamby noise abatement garbage. Epic stuff. Doubt we'll ever see its like again in this "wonderful new world" of fly-by-wire. I take my hat off to the guys who flew these. Also to those creating models to capture some of the magic now the real thing is grounded.
Nice job filming the jet. I filmed RC planes for RCGroups.com for 10 years as SleepyC (Worst company to work for ever) People don't realize how hard it is to track a Jet and keep the frame proper. Well done! You guys are loving Summer. Here in the US (Ohio) we are having a snow storm, so I am living vicariously through you fellas! CHEERS!
Other than hitting the gear up switch while taxiing the flight was excellent. Thanks for posting it Bruce. Your summer makes me jealous as my local weather is minus 20 C. Brrr.
I thought they had brought the mower out as the tow tractor for the Lightning! He'll have to paint it to RAF Ground Equipment Yellow BS 356. so it stands out more! :-) I am glad to see there was nothing wrong with the aircraft after the glitch. Excellent model and wonderfully flown and perfect finale with the parachute deployment I almost thought it was real at that moment, love the banter too, thanks for sharing.
Brilliant piece of flying fantastic, looked like the real thing superb, and i'm not even a model airplane fan, just enjoy people doing amazing things for a hobby
Brought back memories of watching the real thing over our school playground in the ‘60s standing on their tails, then breaking the sound barrier... No sonic boom from the rc version though... Oh well... can’t expect miracles..😎
Hi Bruce. I love the video of the lightning full thumbs up this is what keeps the hobby alive. One of the LMA boys that fly at our Scottish Aeromodels Association air show at Straven airfield has one of these jets. It takes two engineers and one pilot to fly the jet. When it flies it is a sight to see. Full scale with a parachute. You are welcome to come to Scotland in the Summer If we get a summer good enough to fly 20deg c is about the max temp we get up in the Carrick hills of Maybole with a 10mphSW prevailing wind. A lot of the clubs in Scotland has to make do with old grass strip runways and we have to cut our own grass. I am sorry to say that the hobby is dying in Scotland due to airspace and places to land. The Scottish Aeromodelers Air show which ran for years is now just a fly in, not open to the public, due to lack of interest and no traders. I envy you having the use of an airfield not that I fly jets. I fly small IC and electrics in a farmers field with the cows and sheep. We do have a fly in due May where we can accommodate Jets. I may put a posting up if I can get organized. Keep the hobby alive and fly forevermore.
always remember getting told by a Lightning pilot that they never found what the maximum speed of a lightning was. every time they tried to find out no matter how much fuel they put in to the aircraft it was still accelerating when it got to minimum fuel
Actually we've had some pretty cool mornings for mid-summer of late. Our overnight low was 10 degrees and even now (at 8:30am) it's still just 14 degrees. That's chilly for mid-summer in the South Pacific. It seems that Australia has got all the heat right now and we Kiwis have to shiver.
I should be great but such a programme would concentrate on social things about George and his wife and then there'd have to be the gay enthusiast and the ethnic one and the women.....They might manage a couple of minutes flying I suppose.
Amazing flight and love the landing parachute. I was lucky enough to watch the real things when I was a Air Cadet at RAF Laarbruch when there was a simulated war game in progress. Truly brilliant aircraft. Almost looks like the real thing in this video and fantastic flying and smooth landing Thanks for posting this
That F-15 low pass at the beginning--oh man...couldn't have got any lower! 'Arrestor-grass'... Love the channel and that English Electric Lightning was just awesome!!
Theres a lightning at gatwick airport museum and theystart it up every now and then ... ex saudi air force . Also a shackleton there which they fire up as well
It's a superb model, with a familiar serial number on the tail. Lightnings on full afterburner could climb absolutely vertically up to at least 40,000 feet before beginning to level out, and had a published service ceiling of 65,000 ft, but could go higher. One of them set a record to 30,000 ft which has never been beaten by a jet aircraft.
I used to build RC planes many years ago. A quarter scale J3 - usually underpowered was about as big as it got. These guided missles are crazy expensive, and you could kill someone with ths beast!
Great video of a great English RC jet. Great piloting as well( little pre-takeoff gear snafu notwithstanding). Final approach looked a little shaky ( wing wagging) but touch down and braking parachute greased it!
The parachute at the end was the icing on the cake. Thanks Bruce for sharing this
I wish my dad was still alive to see this, he loved the Lightening and worked on them during the 1960s when he was with 5 Squadron Royal Air Force. Thank you for the pleasant memory.
BLOODY BRILLIANT! A fabulously awesome aeroplane in real life and I swear it looks just the real thing as it climbs out! Excellent!
As a kid growing up at RAF Binbrook all I can say is thank you for the flashback to a memorable time, and the builders of the model have earned my respect for the justice they did to an amazing aircraft
so nice to see a large scale model in the air, it looked like a heavy beast to fly so I give a big hand for the pilot. and a thumbs up for sharing.
The Lightning has got have the best flight profile (visual) and most beautiful wing configuration of all time. What an aircraft!
Couldn't agree more. I have heard a number of Lightening pilots interviewed and apparently way ahead of its time and awesome performance. Very nice model.
Probably quite hard to fly, no fly by wire them days.
Well I thought the landing was pretty damn tight. Lovely model. Thanks for sharing.
My favourite aircraft . I flew in one of thunder city's lightnings many years ago. Awesome experience
The Lightning was incredible but the best part for me was the detail on that model RC lawnmower, the flashy light thingy and the animatronic driver was very realistic! 😁⚠️
You should talk to it some time. It incorporates an AI that actually passed the Turing test.
It is amazing what they can do these days. I think a good half of the population of the US hasn't noticed that our VP is animatronic. A flashy light addition would likely help his poor wife know when he is turned on and make him way more interesting on TV.
@@karlharvymarx2650 I had my suspicions, it was the 'empty' eyes, vacant expression, souless behaviour, the jerky 'animatronic' movements etc it all makes sense now! The 'flashy light thingy' is a great way for his wife to know when he is turned on but I bet she wishes he would have a new power cell implant to give him a bit extra oomph! 😯⚠️😁😷😎👍🙈
Yes indeed. The pilot of the lawn mower was superb! Super smooth handling over rough terrain and slick control of steering and throttle combined!
Whereas the bozo flying the EEL must have been 'OD ing' on the moonshine! Aggressive, jerky and poorly coordinated manoeuvres ....
Darned lucky he managed to land at all!
That Lightning is AMAZING, great flying too, what a model!
What a model, never realised one of such size existed, just like the real thing, sound and sharp crisp manoeuvres. Some 40 years ago at the then RAF Church Fenton air display, the RAF commentator described it as a flying engine with a pilot perched on top. A cloudless clear blue sky the display ended with the plane flying low level then straight up vertical, always remember 6 to 8 seconds later it had vanished, never seen something climb as fast as that! Such power, thanks for bringing back the memories.
Stephen Pike wobpnder if that was the day that I saw exactly the same thing you just described, awsome.
What a gorgeous plane. The Brits really nailed on this one
Stunning. The Lightning is one of my favourite jets of all time, the detail on this RC is fantastic. Parchute at the end 10/10 😎👍
Yeah english lightning is an awesome plane..only prob they had was they wernt all weather and flying em in the rain wasnt a good idea 👍
Thanks for posting the name of that plane. Just had an enjoyable 30 mins reading the wikipedia article. What a stunningly anachronistic plane.
Ben Hitchcock I think it’s full name was English Electric Lightning, and was UK’s only Mach 2 jet which was fully home grown. In the end, money & not engineering skill which killed off that capability. Sad. Proud of the beast. Lovely R/C model.
GT380man TSR 2 was Mach 2 as well but that’s a whole other story ....
I thought the detail was poor. The real Lightning would have needed to refuel during a sortie as long. Having an accident, that was realistic, they were always doing that.
So impressive and beautiful to watch this English Electric Lightning. Up there with the Spitfire all the way.
What an incredible example of radio control aircraft flying - beautiful model and superb skills - thanks for posting.
Looks so much like the real thing in flight, fabulous. As a child I can remember watching Lightnings fly out of RAF Leuchars in Scotland , brings back great memories, Thanks for posting.
I grew up with these. 65 Sqn & 223 OCU At RAF Coltishall. Loved them. Incredible power & my god the noise was amazing!
Fantastic model of one the very best Jets ever made...
Plumbs up, my upside down friend :-) Maybe Plumbs down? Hell of a machine, I would be terrified flying something that big!
_"I would be terrified of flying something that big!"_ says the man with the world FPV speed record! LOL
Brilliant! Brought back many a happy memory of the big version!
Thank-you, lovely seeing an EE Lightning flying again, even if a small bigger model of one!
I remember seeing the full size ones taking off on full re-heat with the ground seeming to shake and the air crackling like a volcano erupting.
Great flying display, although if he was to try “re-heat” standing on it’s tail, he would’ve just put it in the clouds that day. The finesse with the drogue, landing ‘chute was also very reminiscent.
Beautiful model, shocked at its size and power. Fantastically good flying, so impressed by the landing.
Awesome! I used to work as a technician on No 56 Squadron, the last of the silver lightnings before they all got smeared in camouflage paint. I was lucky enough to be offered a flight in a T5 trainer and had a superb aerobatic flight over the North Sea near Lowestoft. Loved flying in it and loved working on it and the lads I worked with were brilliant!
What a beautiful model - well done to the builder and flyer!
My favourite jet of all time fantastic model and great display thanks for sharing
Amazing! I can't distinguish between the real thing at our local museum. Well done guys!
Absolutely a beautiful aircraft the English electric. When I was in Akrotiri Cyprus in 2010 there was one outside the actual main gates.
I've seen the real Bruntingthorpe Lightning XS904 and this model does it justice. Just so nice to see on the ground and in the air. The starboard landing gear seemed off but it landed ok. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful aircraft, fun commentary. Saw a real Lighting back in the 70's, never forget the way it shot vertically up into the sky, afterburners glowing and shaking the ground and everything on it!
Man... use to watch these 'lightnings take off at RAF Leuchars... afterburners straight at us on the main road (150-200yds tops) .. 😈 the ground, the air, yer guts... ROAAAAAAAARRR!!
Squadron 111 .. ☇
... ☇lighting bolts!
Great model
Same at Binbrook. The noise of them scrambling was felt, rather than heard. Even when they were more than a mile away. We could hear the engines being throttled up from our house, which was 8 miles away from the airfield. Unforgettable.
+RWBHere .. POWER! Two fighters always sat ready in special hangers at the main road end / West end of the runway. The Phantoms ripped a substantial hole in the space/time continuum too 😈
Quite! The Vulcans at Waddington were also pretty impressive. I was in the Village Hall, which is adjacent to the runway, when six of them scrambled, fuelled and armed, during the Falklands spat. The whole building was shaking, as if in an earthquake. Things are a bit quieter these days.
Far out, what an amazing model, and with genuine jet engine(s).
Very very impressed
Loved the English Electric Lightning. On a low fly-by at displays it made so many spectators hit the deck. I have never heard anything as loud as the twin jet engines with wings ever in my life!
Quite brilliant, a superb model, great flying too.
What flying skills! Fantastic looking aircraft. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely and completely awsome, what a superb beautiful aircraft, well done my friend !
That guy on the RC lawn mower looks pretty realistic.
@Von Musklaus he is still on 27MH am.
Yeah but he don't go fast
In my youth my father worked at Gloster Aviation until it' government aided closure. At a near by air display the Gloster Gladiator my father had helped in the apprentice reconstruction of it was being flown. At the same time an English Electric Lightning gave a display fly over. The plane came in at fairly low height, the pilot as it came level with the spectators stood the plane on it's tail, put afterburners on full and went straight up breaking the sound barrier as he climbed. Tremendous!! My father commented that he wasn't allowed to do that over a built up area, however the crowd gave a tremendous cheer and a little boy filed that in his memory bank!! Different times indeed.
That model was gorgeous. I used to watch the Lightnings at Colt sat on the roof of my dad's car back in the day, and when that model started the take-off run I was straight back there - and was half-expecting re-heats to kick in!
Great to see, wonder if it leaks fuel like the real ones did. My hearing gone from being a engine fitter on 29Sqn at RAF Wattisham on Lightings in 1970's
Chris Angrove:
If that is the cause, or a contributing cause to your hearing loss, do you know you can claim a War Pension for it? Also a contributing factor is gunfire and pyrotechnics.
I'm ex-Para, and I was compensated with little problemfor my loss.
Good advice from Jay, check out the Veterans Agency website and submit an application, it is a lengthy procedure but you have nothing to lose. One of my friends put in an application relating to his knee, which he injured playing sport in the Army, and he currently receives nearly £3k per year (tax free) and will do for the rest of his life. This sum goes up annually with increases for inflation, just like the standard Military Pension.
WOW! That English Electric Lightning was just way too COOL! And the drag chute at the end was just perfect!
Lightening was a joy to see fly. Love the early low fly over at the beginning. The landing was thrill to watch.
Great flight, I loved the touch of authenticity with the small chute after landing.
Fantastic, I worked alongside 19 & 92 sqn in Germany back in the 70’s, so so realistic wasn’t expecting the shoot deploy at the end.
Awesome Jet - So Scale shoot and All , Great to see and sounds Awesome.
I agree. That parachute put this over the top. Love the sound even taxiing.
Showed my other half across the room and she simply assumed it was the real thing! Brilliant or what, long may it fly!!
Wow , what a nice model, Great flying !
Brought back memories from being at Binbrook in the 1970s 11 squadron and 5 squadron all I can say is what an aircraft best days of my life watching them fly everyday
Beautiful aircraft. Not for nothing was it known as the "Frightening". Basically, 2 powerful jet engines with a pilot sat on top. I remember seeing one of these doing a "hot scrsmble" and near-vertical climb-out on reheat from an air show at Biggin Hill in the 1960s. No namby-pamby noise abatement garbage. Epic stuff. Doubt we'll ever see its like again in this "wonderful new world" of fly-by-wire. I take my hat off to the guys who flew these. Also to those creating models to capture some of the magic now the real thing is grounded.
Even sounds like the English Electric Lightening.
Good on ya Bruce.!! Excellent video mate, and nice flying to the pilot. 👍
Everyone knows the famous Cold War silhouette and a very capable RC pilot ... hello to NZ.
Thanks Mr. Bruce.
That Lightning is just amazing
Nice job filming the jet. I filmed RC planes for RCGroups.com for 10 years as SleepyC (Worst company to work for ever) People don't realize how hard it is to track a Jet and keep the frame proper. Well done! You guys are loving Summer. Here in the US (Ohio) we are having a snow storm, so I am living vicariously through you fellas! CHEERS!
Incredible performance,had to blink to realise not looking at the real McCoy. These jets used to be based at Raf Binbrook near here. Pure Power !
wow..... looked and sounded stunning
Landing is very difficult thing....you did it perfectly..👆👌🙏....thanks for sharing this wonderful videos ..God bless you.
Other than hitting the gear up switch while taxiing the flight was excellent. Thanks for posting it Bruce. Your summer makes me jealous as my local weather is minus 20 C. Brrr.
Thanks for the post, Bruce! Never got to see this [English Electric] at the jet day two weeks ago, but at least I get to see it now....
One word: HOLYCRAP! Great model and great flight!! Wow!!
I thought they had brought the mower out as the tow tractor for the Lightning! He'll have to paint it to RAF Ground Equipment Yellow BS 356. so it stands out more! :-) I am glad to see there was nothing wrong with the aircraft after the glitch. Excellent model and wonderfully flown and perfect finale with the parachute deployment I almost thought it was real at that moment, love the banter too, thanks for sharing.
Wow!P1 is so realistic!Incredible!Congratulations and Hello from Franc
RC hobby at its best, very well filmed too!
Brilliant piece of flying fantastic, looked like the real thing superb, and i'm not even a model airplane fan, just enjoy people doing amazing things for a hobby
That lightning is just fantastic....
geez these planes are amazing some serious kit
Brought back memories of watching the real thing over our school playground in the ‘60s standing on their tails, then breaking the sound barrier... No sonic boom from the rc version though... Oh well... can’t expect miracles..😎
They should hide a speaker in the bottom to play a recording of a sonic boom! 😄
Actually, not a speaker in the plane for a sonic boom recording, but a portable subwoofer hidden on the flight line. Much more convincing! 😄
Excellent plant on the landing. Thanks for that.
That Lightning touchdown was absolutely spot on 5 stars *****
Hi Bruce. I love the video of the lightning full thumbs up this is what keeps the hobby alive. One of the LMA boys that fly at our Scottish Aeromodels Association air show at Straven airfield has one of these jets. It takes two engineers and one pilot to fly the jet. When it flies it is a sight to see. Full scale with a parachute. You are welcome to come to Scotland in the Summer If we get a summer good enough to fly 20deg c is about the max temp we get up in the Carrick hills of Maybole with a 10mphSW prevailing wind. A lot of the clubs in Scotland has to make do with old grass strip runways and we have to cut our own grass. I am sorry to say that the hobby is dying in Scotland due to airspace and places to land. The Scottish Aeromodelers Air show which ran for years is now just a fly in, not open to the public, due to lack of interest and no traders. I envy you having the use of an airfield not that I fly jets. I fly small IC and electrics in a farmers field with the cows and sheep. We do have a fly in due May where we can accommodate Jets. I may put a posting up if I can get organized. Keep the hobby alive and fly forevermore.
always remember getting told by a Lightning pilot that they never found what the maximum speed of a lightning was. every time they tried to find out no matter how much fuel they put in to the aircraft it was still accelerating when it got to minimum fuel
Greetings from Ireland where the temperature today was a modest 8 C. Fair skies and little wind though...lovely for this time of year.
Actually we've had some pretty cool mornings for mid-summer of late. Our overnight low was 10 degrees and even now (at 8:30am) it's still just 14 degrees. That's chilly for mid-summer in the South Pacific. It seems that Australia has got all the heat right now and we Kiwis have to shiver.
Fantastic vid it was lovely to hear the jets and the pilot is very good
I saw a Lightning at Nicosia airport in 1968 in a vertical climb with afterburners on. An amazing sight.
Nice to hear all those Skylarks!
Very nice, when the lighting lifted off,i expected it to light both burners on the avons and climb like an homesick angel. Still a very nice model.
Why aren't these geniuses on TV to wow and impress the public, there is so much uninteresting dross, this would enlighten the public
I should be great but such a programme would concentrate on social things about George and his wife and then there'd have to be the gay enthusiast and the ethnic one and the women.....They might manage a couple of minutes flying I suppose.
Awesome scale Lightning!
Glad to see it wasn't damaged in that accident.
Nice flying, & camera work too!😉👌
Amazing flight and love the landing parachute. I was lucky enough to watch the real things when I was a Air Cadet at RAF Laarbruch when there was a simulated war game in progress. Truly brilliant aircraft. Almost looks like the real thing in this video and fantastic flying and smooth landing
Thanks for posting this
That F-15 low pass at the beginning--oh man...couldn't have got any lower! 'Arrestor-grass'... Love the channel and that English Electric Lightning was just awesome!!
FYI, I think it might be a F-14.
Nathan is correct, it is a F-14 with its wings full forward. 0:24
The f-14 wasn't real video. just some cgi . The f-14 didn't actually fly that low or over that area at all, for that matter.
@@milkhbox Think we don't know that teacher, phwww...
@@88njtrigg88 OP didn't.
The parachute at the end, awesome, amazing to watch, the only other lightening I've seen is in Tangmere aviation museum.
I've seen the Lightning at Tangmere, it's a beast
Theres a lightning at gatwick airport museum and theystart it up every now and then ... ex saudi air force . Also a shackleton there which they fire up as well
Love the drag chute on the lightning!
I dont know much about RC. But this lightning looks real , smooth flying helps to achieve this...fantastic. ta
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That Lightning is seriously impressive and looks very intimidating to fly. That must be a sweaty palm job that one.
Beautiful model!
That is one huge RC. Wow.
Nice looking Jet complete with Drag Chute! Now that's what I call Bank-N-Yank ;-) See you in the Air!
Absolutely fantastic. I want one!
wow and the chute was a nice surprise. brilliant landing pinned it down like landing on a carrier👌.going to watch again.
An impressive bit of kit well piloted.
That plane is magnificent!
It climbs like a lightening that makes my british bones vibrate with joy
It's a superb model, with a familiar serial number on the tail. Lightnings on full afterburner could climb absolutely vertically up to at least 40,000 feet before beginning to level out, and had a published service ceiling of 65,000 ft, but could go higher. One of them set a record to 30,000 ft which has never been beaten by a jet aircraft.
@@RWBHere"One of them set a record to 30,000 ft " typing error methinks :)
Despite the clickbait title, this film rewarded with views of an impressive large scale model of an EE Lightning, GOOD JOB !
Crikey! mate, You little ripper that's a bloody beauty. Good On Ya. Heaps of hard yakka right there. Go have a cold one.
Commonly known as ‘the Frightening’ back in the day.. beautiful model
I used to build RC planes many years ago. A quarter scale J3 - usually underpowered was about as big as it got. These guided missles are crazy expensive, and you could kill someone with ths beast!
Great video of a great English RC jet. Great piloting as well( little pre-takeoff gear snafu notwithstanding). Final approach looked a little shaky ( wing wagging) but touch down and braking parachute greased it!
Great to see the lightning.... a different backdrop to seeing the actual XS904 at binbrook in my youth
Highly entertaining video. thank you so much
Great model of a fantasticly designed aircraft ,was way ahead of its time like Concorde.