By: ReHeat Freak - 9th December 2001 at 17:25
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
Thanks very much!! Sorry for the delayed reply I’ve been away all weekend at Beckingham.
By: philo - 5th December 2001 at 21:25
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
James,
Give me a few days to get my new PC and scanner up and running i’ll then be scanning lot more of my archives.So any Lightning stuff i come across i’ll send you and you can use it on your site by all means.
I’ll send you this one by separate cover.
Phil
By: ReHeat Freak - 5th December 2001 at 18:59
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
Just some background info…..
XR753 F.Mk 6
Personal a/c of Flt Lt Chris Berners-Price (That explaines the BP tailcode)
Painted in 11 Sqd Colours
Based at RAF Leuchars
By: ReHeat Freak - 5th December 2001 at 18:18
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
THATS MORE LIKE IT!! LOL Any more?? Can I nab it for the site???
James Scott
http://www.englishelectriclightning.com
By: coanda - 5th December 2001 at 12:54
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
yes it is a little hard to get to, since the aircraft is parked outside the HAS complex for this squadron, which is in the middle of the base if i remember rightly!
coanda
By: philo - 4th December 2001 at 22:05
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
I’ve just set myself 50 lines -“I must pay attention to detail”, “I must pay attention to detail” , “I must………………..
Firstly ,I did take the shot at Leeming not Coningsby ( I knew it was one of the stations that my Bro-in-law was on Tornados at).
Secondly i had sort of read the article in Flypast and thought “thats a nice Lightning” without paying attention to the serial number.
And thirdly a colleague from work had recently been to visit one of our suppliers on Quedgeley business estate and came back raving about a silver Lightning that he had seen parked nearby.
I will research a little more before i post next time.
Phil
By: David J Burke - 4th December 2001 at 21:11
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
Have a look in the latest FlyPast and you will see another ‘XR753’ in a striking colour scheme.
By: Ant.H - 4th December 2001 at 20:07
RE: Picture of the day 04/12/01
XR753 is currently in the care of No.11sqn at RAF Leeming,although I don’t know whether this would be where you took your picture.Access to the aircraft now is said to be difficult,so there aren’t too many people who’ve got a chance to take pics of her.
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