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Post by flyinkiwi on Feb 15, 2013 11:42:51 GMT 12
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Post by phil82 on Feb 15, 2013 13:21:16 GMT 12
I've had a flight in a Hunter T7, but from an occasional association with the Lightning in operational service with the RAF, you will need very, VERY, deep pockets and your own oil field to run one! |
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Post by baronbeeza on Feb 15, 2013 13:53:38 GMT 12
I was thinking the same. One of my mates was an Engineering Officer at Binbrook back in the day. We all thought then that the Lightning was going to make the RAF broke, I still remember CB's groans of despair when the postings were read out. 'Why me ...... ?' He was a Londoner and on his posting request he wanted somewhere South of Lincoln. They did say that they took that into consideration. Binbrook was just a little to the North... He was one of the brightest guys in the pool so I guess the Lightning force at that time will have required someone with a few smarts about him. It would have been a very demanding job. He did do a Lightning Leap though, - a trip over to Gütersloh in Germany in something like 12 minutes. EDIT************ Just did a Google search of Binbrook. The map makes me feel old, - they have Wigramised the place. Brookenby is just to the NW of Binbrook village. The satellite view tells it all. maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=Binbrook&ie=UTF-8&ei=3pEdUcnGA7HyigLpmoGACQ&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAg |
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Post by phil82 on Feb 15, 2013 15:01:29 GMT 12
There's more than a little truth in the old story that shortly after take-off in a Lightning on standard internal fuel, you started looking for somewhere to land.
Still, one of the most spectacular air show displays you will ever see and that was a Lightning going verticle!
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Post by dakman on Feb 15, 2013 15:07:23 GMT 12
Wonder what is happening with their Blunty/ies?
perhaps they are easier to sell,Its a distant
connection ,but remember a report written by
a NZ pilot on Thunder City .and flying the Blunty
think it was published in NZ wings a while back .
The aircraft flown was ZU PER
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Post by ngatimozart on Feb 15, 2013 20:34:14 GMT 12
If i won Lotto a Buccaneer would look interesting and if won Lotto every month maybe the Lightning T bird - I'd need towin Lotto every month to be able to afford a 1 hour flight per month ;D ;D
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Post by nuuumannn on Mar 2, 2013 13:53:48 GMT 12
I'll take a buccaneer, thanks. I wonder what happened to the Javelin they were restoring to flying condition?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 2, 2013 22:45:38 GMT 12
From what I have heard from people who have flown Javelins, it should remain grounded for everyone's good. Not a well liked aeroplane at all.
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