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The 60th Anniversary of the Lightning

Held at Bruntingthorpe Airfield on

July 27th 2014 Page 2 of 2   

 

 

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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THE CANBERRA
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English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
English Electric Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
Canberra B(I)8/B.6 MOD WT333
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...THE LIGHTNINGS PREPARE!!
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
Lightning F.6's XR728/JS & XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6's XR728 & XS904
English Electric Lightning F.6's XR728 & XS904
Lightning F.6's XS904/BQ & XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728
English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6's XR728 & XS904
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6's XR728 & XS904
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS

 

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