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Held at Bruntingthorpe Airfield on
On the 27th of July 2014 I visited Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire for a very special and unique event.
The Lightning Preservation Group had organised a Double QRA Scramble & Pairs Streaming Run
involving English Electric Lightning F.6's, XS904/BQ and XR728/JS.
XS904 & XR728 were once again piloted by Dennis Brooks & John Ward,
both highly experienced ex-RAF Lightning Pilots.
The event was being held to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Lightning.
This unique event was held in front of about 200 spectators and in some very nice weather.
Also invited to take part was another English Electric aircraft, namely,
English Electric Canberra B(I).8/B.6 MOD WT333.
Seeing both Lightnings doing a QRA Scramble from the Q-Shed & streaming one after the other
down Bruntingthorpe's 2 mile long runway in full reheat was absolutely fantastic, a bit loud too! ;-)
This section contains around 165 unique images taken during the event:
Just click on a thumbnail for a full sized image.
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3 x Buccaneers XX889/T, XW544/O & XX894/R/020
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Handley Page Victor K.2 XM715 'Teasin Tina'
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Lineup of aircraft including 6 ex-RAF Tristars
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SCRAMBLE! |
SCRAMBLE! |
SCRAMBLE!
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ | English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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. ...AND RELAX!!
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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Lightning F.6 XR728/JS & its Pilot Dennis Brooks |
Lightning F.6 XR728/JS & its Pilot Dennis Brooks |
Lightning F.6 XR728/JS & Pilot Dennis Brooks |
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Lightning F.6 XR728/JS & its Pilot Dennis Brooks |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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Lightning F.6 XS904 & Pilots Dennis Brooks & John Ward |
XS904/BQ & Pilots Dennis Brooks & John Ward |
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English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728 |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728 |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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All images Copyright ©Roger Whitcomb 2014 - www.milairpix.com
