Interesting Lightning Video (XS458)

if anybody is interested i have put a couple of video clips of on youtube showing an avpin start up close up taxi and reheat runs and can be found at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1GYqwTPTTI

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lu_wF4nDW0

also

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsWy2NlGyVQ

sorry for picture quality for some reason it lost the quality in the transfer to youtube i am still learning and will sort it out one day
however the sound is good enjoy

Heres the old girl back in 2005 I think it was, at the 50th, two Lightning legends, Jimmi dell and Brian Carrol comparing notes.Sadly, it turned out to be the last time either Brian or Jimmi would go down the runway. I think between them that day there was something like 5500 Lightning hours! impressive. It was a memorable day indeed.

Great stuff!

and since that film with tony hulls 458 made another film with myself and martin shaw in august 2006 which was shown on discovery real time dec 2006 and yes 458 is still live with four high speed runs in 2008 and more planned and also static reheats would like to do more but we have a very small amount of avpin for engine starts rmc owner of 458

Excuse my ignorance, but where exactly is that T5 kept? I just read the entire website & didn’t find one reference to where the hell it’s kept?

Hi ZRX61,

As Peter rightly points out she is based at Cranfield where she has lived since June 1988, she was delivered by RAF pliots in three waves making the last operational delivery flights out of Binbrook, she was one of aircraft brought by Aronld Glass, they were F6’s 899,898,923 and T5’s 458,452, (now in Cape town) and XV328.
899 and 898 were the last to leave Binbrook and made a vey low level pass over the pans in front of the tower on their way out, 😉

After 452 was brought back to health in 1991/92, (she was chosen to be a candidate for running as she was the only one with a unseized airturbine gear box), she was taxied for a few years untill brought by to Mike Beachhead, crated and shipped to South Africa.
After 452 had left for warmer ‘parts’, 458 was the next ‘best’ one of the bunch and was be brought back to taxying.

The others were chopped in about 1998, the cockpits were saved though

Got a few shots from those early days if you want a look 🙂

I believe she is the one that is at Cranfield see here:
http://www.t5alive.org.uk/

Excuse my ignorance, but where exactly is that T5 kept? I just read the entire website & didn’t find one reference to where the hell it’s kept?

anyone else having trouble getting this video loaded?

Nice roll with the Vulcan…

Its such a achievement to see something that was once upon a time so close to being scrapped kept in such a remarkable condition.
It just proves with plenty of time money and hands what can be achieved.
As a part time engineer for the lightning association at binbrook i must say i fully hold my hands up to these guys and the lpg for keeping these aircraft in tip top condition.
Well done peeps 🙂

Thought you might like that one 320! Although I think most airports would frown at the spilling of hydraulic oil though..!

Caught this on youtube, nice lightning footage! Look at the nosewheel skipping off the ground during the power runs.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qffkqcD7gns

Cheers Peter, thats an old flim, 458 hasnt been in the scheme for a few years now, not sure about the birds nest story,ummmmm, and the Hyds were full of air 😉

Cheers

Excellent! nice to hear from the man who saved XS458