Lightning vertical, close to the VIP tent.

I went to many a Biggin Hill air show over the years, and never did see a Lightning on the ground. One amusing incident I must relate though, on one particular Lightning performance, the pilot decided to make one final pass from the valley end, and positioned the Lightning slightly to the left of the runway, once level with the VIP tent full power was selected and the aircraft went almost vertical, the two Avons blasting a spectacular cloud of newly mown grass and the dirt over that VIP enclosure for the next few minutes. I can imagine the phones were red hot back his base before the pilot even landed.

Gerry R