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  • in reply to: XM172 #1345599
    XM172
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    Hello All,

    Dave T is SO right …it should be XS932 NOT XM932 … it was late at night when i decided to post that info and my head was full on letters and numbers …SORRY …
    I fly MUCH better than i spell or prod the keyboard thank goodness. Well spotted Dave T and thank you. Accuracy IS important.

    I plan to take F6 cockpit XS922 down to cockpitfest 06 and MAYBE Bruntingthorpe on 9th July should i get an invite to do that ???!!! (HINT).

    XS922 cockpit is about 95% complete and i hope to have the canopy mounted soon and on its jack! The seat within it is only 60%. I will try and post more jpg’s of her when ive worked out how to do so.

    I warn you now, shes in ‘rag order’ and needs sorting with TLC! Some time in the past when she was being cut up, she was rather brutally rolled over and the front and port side windshield glass got cracked in the process. Otherwise, apart from raggedy cut edges and a dint in the front intake lip, shes still alive and fighting…. Ive had her for well over a year now but like everything, i havnt had the time to tend to her needs just yet.

    Thanks to all out there for your support. I plan to bring XM172 back to former Firebirds glory BUT i need to stress, i still have third party obstacles to overcome before im into clear waters … there is still a real risk of this project going ‘CRASH’ … watch this space!

    Fly safe, Neil

    in reply to: XM172 #1346438
    XM172
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    Lighgtnings XM172, XM932 and XM922

    Hello all Lightning friends out there, ive some news id like to publish streight from the horses mouth so as to keep it ACCURATE and here it is:
    >
    >Lightning F1a XM172 of Booker fame has been sold to me, Neil Airey of RotAirey
    >Aviation by Barry Parkhouse and is in the process of being prepared for
    >a move North …. planning permission is under way for its new home and thats
    >all i wish to say about it for now except i hope to move her within 8 weeks
    >from now. The situation is by no means set in concrete as third parties
    >have to be involved.
    >
    >Secondly, i would like to confirm that F6 cockpit nose section XM932 presently
    >at FAST, Farnborough is now also owned by RotAirey Aviation and is destined
    >to be move and displayed at the new Walney Aviation Heritage Trust featured
    >in last months Flypast. In the interim, it will be stored with limited access
    >available to interested parties.
    >
    >Finally, my third Lightning is F6 XS922 or should i say, all that is left
    >of her….Ive has this cockpit for some while now, (bought from G.Ramsey
    >in Essex) is going to be at cockpitfest 2006 and is available for functions
    >as it is trailer mounted. The conopy will be fitted within the next couple
    >of months.The tail fin BJ is owned by Hugh Trevor and XS922 radome, is the
    >one on the front of cockpit/nose XM932.

    Best wishes, Neil Airey …

    ….i sent this email yesterday (14th) to the Lightning Association and Heritage site with 3 jpg pics of the 3 machines. I thought it best for them to have the news first.

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