hilldweller
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Last I heard there was still one of the Lightning's for sale.
Richard.
Let's have a whip-round.
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Last I heard there was still one of the Lightning's for sale.
Richard.
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There are two at Bruntingthorpe that are very well looked after by a dedicated group and regularly belted down the runway, often with full reheat.Let's have a whip-round.
There are two at Bruntingthorpe that are very well looked after by a dedicated group and regularly belted down the runway, often with full reheat.
Look out for Cold War Jets day on May 24th.
Richard.
Wow, that would be some ride and Soooooo tempting to pull back.
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Agree with @hilldweller , Saw the Lightning at halfpenny green when they did the airshows. On its last pass it came in as slow as it could and then the pilot just stood it on its tail and up it went with full after burner, the ground shook and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.The only old one better in my books, the Lightning. Total raw power and even today can hold it's head up high. I wish I had £12K spare to go fly one in South Africa ( if it's still going ).
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If you go to Duxford 'his' Lightning is the one on display in the Airspace hangar.Do you remember the case of an RAF ground run tester who "accidentally" hit reheat during a ground test and did a circuit, got it back nice and safely but I think his balls never recovered.
If you go to Duxford 'his' Lightning is the one on display in the Airspace hangar.
Richard.
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Did you get the hairs standing up on the back of your neck though when you went into the American Hall and realised you were eyeball to eyeball with a B52?One of our first MH trips. That place is pure magic. I touched a Blackbird. The only plane I'll accept as better than the Lightning.
Did you get the hairs standing up on the back of your neck though when you went into the American Hall and realised you were eyeball to eyeball with a B52?
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I hadn't realised it was so old, we've seen that a few times at Mildenhall too. The shape always looks like a flying guitar to me.To be honest no, it's just a bomber. Whereas Blackbird is man's skills stretched beyond their limits, a machine so focussed to perform a single near impossible task remembering it was designed in the 50s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
Welcome welcome welcome, and I am back to work tomorrow after the weekend working on Tucano's
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Thanks for keeping her flying, we can't wait to see her fly at Yeovilton in July
Come and say hello, we will be working in the Vulcan Village.
Richard.
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Did you get the hairs standing up on the back of your neck though when you went into the American Hall and realised you were eyeball to eyeball with a B52?
To be honest no, it's just a bomber. Whereas Blackbird is man's skills stretched beyond their limits, a machine so focussed to perform a single near impossible task remembering it was designed in the 50s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
I met the driver of one many moons ago Brian. The most unassuming and quiet American gentleman I have ever met.
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