Firebird Lightning re created…pic link

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By: 1batfastard - 27th July 2017 at 19:55

Hi All,
Scotavia – Many thanks for that post all credit to the ‘BLPG’ well done!!…..:very_drunk::eagerness::applause::cool::love-struck:

Geoff.

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By: Old Fokker - 27th July 2017 at 12:13

Superb. I remember watching the Lightnings take off and land at Leuchars back in the day. Dusk takeoffs with full afterburner were a sight to behold!

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By: Meddle - 26th July 2017 at 22:04

Nice to see the period photo of XR719. The arrowhead-shaped motif in front of the roundel appears to be different to that painted on the Bruntingthorpe example.

Either way it is a cracking scheme, though part of me wishes they had painted both sides in this exciting scheme, even if only for a short while.

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By: scotavia - 26th July 2017 at 18:53

The groundcrew had to work very hard on a tricky airframe engines combination to keep enough on the line and duration before AAR was short.

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By: hampden98 - 26th July 2017 at 17:56

Is it true they had a poor service history or is that a myth?

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By: Steve Bond - 26th July 2017 at 16:57

Very nice indeed. Interesting to compare with stablemate XR719 taken by me that year.

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By: trumper - 26th July 2017 at 16:45

:applause: Superb ,well done them.