Lightning F6 on fleabay

If someone had the cash to pay the museum rent would the aircraft be allowed to stay at Doncaster long term ?

IMHO it is worth what you are prepared to pay for it, some may consider 14K way out of reach and unreasonable for something that may require a few more pennies spent on restoration.

Someone though with vision and enthusiasm may look at it with the idea that ‘where else are you going to get a complete Lightning?’, lets face it they dont come up for sale that often! so 14k might to them be nothing in terms of the grand plan.

Would be interestng to know how much XS420 at Farnborough recently went for as a comparison.

Regards,

John.

I doubt 14K will get the seller rich. My suspicion is that this is his consideration of a fair value based on what it has cost him over the years, in terms of purchase price, moving the thing to Doncaster, spares and so on.

I have a Vampire pod – bought for £750, and then had a further 2K or so spent on parts. That brings it to the same value on paper as the complete aircraft I have just bought. It isnt worth anything like what I have spent on it, mores the pity!

What did you spend on the Sea Hawk vs what you sold it for (Did you sell it?)

Bruce

Surely this isn’t worth anything like 14k ?? I know it’s a lightning and we all love them but… no… surely this is a ‘get rich quick’ price?

I wish I had enough spare beer vouchers to take it on though !

It’s an auction guys so I guess the market dictates whether someone wants it at that price. I should also imagine with guys on site the full details of how she comes apart are available to her buyer.

Blimey, 14K makes the amounts we payed for 728 and 904 sound cheap, and ours were both flown in all working with no stripping and transport costs.

Ummmmm, I hope the potenstial buyer knows the implications 🙂

Pleased I am not the only one that noticed that!!!.

John.

Blimey, 14K makes the amounts we payed for 728 and 904 sound cheap, and ours were both flown in all working with no stripping and transport costs.

Ummmmm, I hope the potenstial buyer knows the implications 🙂

One of the Rossington Lightning’s, it was rescued just as the shovel of a JCB was crashing through her spine (the damage has been repaired) I cannot remember if the wings were cut on her for transport.

If I remember correctly, their was not much holding her wings on after the JCB had started to attack her. 😮

Hi All

David

As the owner of the F.3 i dont think 706 will ever go inside. The Museum has a lot of it’s own aircraft that need to be undercover too, and there aircarft come first. And if 706 does ever go inside we would have to refit the fin once she was inside as she wont go through the hangar doors with it fitted.

Scott C

There is a nice F.3 on site . The realities are that the museum could never hope to house two Lightnings undercover – doing one is feasible in the long run.

Sad to see her go…..

The story goes that the scrap dealer at Rossington bought ten of them for £1k each and tried to sell them on for £10k a piece!!!!!!!.

After a long dry period of no interest he decided to cut them up for scrap, only then did he relent on the asking price and a good portion of them survive in whole and front fuz form.

John.

The current younger generation on this forum will look back in 2046 and say:-

“Do you know. You could buy a static Lighting back in 2006 for just £x,000”.

Just like the current older generation can look back and say.

“Do you know. You could buy a static Spitfire back in 1966 for just £1,000”.

Mark. 🙂

The wings on her are an uncut set which were acquired post Rossington.

Thanks David, I seem to remember having a conversation with the chaps there and could not remember for sure if she had a set of un-cut wings fitted or not.

Regards,

John.

The current scheme is both!!, when I last saw her a couple of months ago they had done some panel work and got the primer done and the camo scheme was applied to the port side.

Inclement weather conditions have prevented further painting as Doncaster Aeroventure do not have sufficent cover to paint whole airframe.

Regards,

John.

The wings on her are an uncut set which were acquired post Rossington.

One pic’ shows it in camo’, another looks like grey.

Anybody know which is the current scheme ? Or maybe its 1/2 & 1/2 ?

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One of the Rossington Lightning’s, it was rescued just as the shovel of a JCB was crashing through her spine (the damage has been repaired) I cannot remember if the wings were cut on her for transport.

Any spare me 14K ? 😀 😀 .

Regards,

John.

😀 Quickly measures garden, 🙁 mmmm,wonder if the house behind us would mind having the back end in it’s garden. 😀