TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 And here's a shot of one of the pair of Lightnings that live on at Bruntingthorpe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I mean where else do you see spitfires flying in formation together? Goodwood Revival. There were 10 in the air at one time the year before last. There is video on youtube of 16 in formation @ Biggin Hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I always admired the Lightning for being an unbeatable interceptor despite it being a pig ugly bird. Still remember them taking off in pairs and the moment their wheels left the tarmac they went vertical with a huge roar. I cant remember anything being as loud as them and during the 70's we were used to having all sorts flying overhead what with being in the flight path of several major UK & US airbases. The Buckaneer is another one i liked,but didnt see them round here very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HW682 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Here's XH558 coming through the trees at Bruntingthorpe! Good picture. What are the two items on top? Not being an aircraft expert.. I'm thinking either a couple of folding chairs for a wing walking display - or some kind of braking device, but they seem a bit small for that? Edited August 27, 2013 by HW682 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 They are indeed the Port upper airbrakes, two above the wing and one underneath! The black marking on each is a shoe shape to denote it is a no walk area when retracted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HW682 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 They are indeed the Port upper airbrakes, two above the wing and one underneath! The black marking on each is a shoe shape to denote it is a no walk area when retracted! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Great if you are at 40000 feet, not so good at 300 feet in a German valley! Nien! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmytree Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Nien! I presume that was supposed to be "nein?" Ah! You are Renee from Allo Allo! I shall say zis onlee once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickS Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 I used to go to the Biggin Hill Air Fair with my parents during the 60's. the entrance made by the Lightning was from behind the crowd, over the top at near-supersonic speed so you only heard it as it passed overhead. Once over the airfield, they would go vertical - up and up until you pretty much lost sight of it. The noise was unbelievable and seemed to make your every bone in your body rattle! Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Talking of the lightning and its vertical climb capabilities, there was a series in the 80s called "Test Pilot" all about the Empire test pilot School at Boscombe down. A Harrier pilot was on the course and was taken up in a lightning. The narrator explained that he was now experiencing a completely different form of vertical takeoff as Nick has pointed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry69koi Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I went to the cleethorpes free air show and the vulcan was there,amazing sound of those engines,went round in circles to gain altitude B) set off a fair few car alarms aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlistairB Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I was talking to a friend last night who went to the airshow that the Vulcan was marshalling for when Bakerboy took the photo from my garden - apparently, the cost charged to the airshow for each flypast (and it did 2 at the airfield), was a shockingly small, £120. A display costs more, but had i known that, i'd have paid for it to come lower over the house! AB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted August 30, 2013 Report Share Posted August 30, 2013 I presume that was supposed to be "nein?" Ah! You are Renee from Allo Allo! I shall say zis onlee once! We have our first bona fide spelling nazi!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coatesy75 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I was on Ascension Island the night it went to bomb Stanley airport during the Falklands war. Obviously didn't know the full story then but the sight and sound of two Vulcans and ten or eleven Victor tankers taking off through what looks like a railway cutting, the runway is carved through the volcanic rock, was an unforgettable moment in my life. They did the business and all got home safely. Brave men. That plane should fly forever. my sister was on Ascension Island that time too she was RAF keep the Vulcan flying and the Victor shame we have no Valiants left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coatesy75 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 My dad was in the RAF rear gunner on Lancasters , ect he was aircrew till the 1960 s so aircraft was my thing as a lad still is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coatesy75 Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 I'd love to watch an English Electric Lightning taking off just once more like i used to in my youth. yes was one of the best to see . taking off and going straight up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 You wouldn't be so damned keen on the things if you'd ever been inside and at the far end of No7 fuel tank when the bell went for the start of the NAAFI break and just as your head and shoulders joined the rest of you on the scaffolding platform, the bell went again to signal the end of the break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoot and be safe Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Saw it flying today at the Rhyl Air Show. I could feel the rumbles off the engines from where I was stood in one of the cover crops some 5 miles away. Good to see the old bird flying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proud dad Posted August 31, 2013 Report Share Posted August 31, 2013 Aye, heard it first and then saw it taking off for Rhyl earlier on.It's off to Shoreham and Bournemouth tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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