Thanks Smiler 😉

If you get chance, come over and say hello on Sunday

Cheers

Hi all,

Yep I can confirm we will run 904 come wind, rain or snow 😉

Shes an all weather fighter after all, mind you the bad weather puts us off being an ‘all weather see off crew’ :rolleyes:

If the forcast weather arrives its goona be a rerun of last May, my gear has only just dried out from that all day deluge last May :rolleyes:

And remember the QRA shed will be wide open (there are no doors yet :rolleyes:) you can all come and shelter under our new roof 😉

Im not sure what ‘static ground demos’ means, think it might just be APU running etc, engine runs on that pan seem abit close to the crowd, maybe one the TVOC guys can confirm their plans ?

See you all there, dont let the weather put you off

Here’s a wet weather shot of 904 back in 1994, just to get to give you the flavour

It all kicks off around 11am with the first run 😉

Hi all,

For those who have never witnessed a Bruntingthorpe open day , these flim clips supplied by a good friend from previous events will give you a little ‘taster’ 😉

Enjoy

😉

any idea what her FI consumed is?

i also remember reading somewhere about 422 being time expired, a convenient excuse to pension it off maybe? just out of interest what is the houred life of a Lightning approximately?

i think Mike has got the best of the lot down in Sth Af though, i recall something about XP693 having only 1,800 hours on it.

No idea, what FI 422 has consumed, MJR will know 😉

The houred life of a Lightning is 4000hrs, (some were extended later to give an extra 500hrs) our two having gone out to 4500hrs
Cheers

Hi, after I saw this thread I dropped a line to Max Waldron, one of the lads that go out twice a year to do abit more to 422, here’s his reply:

Hi Andy,
422 is going well electricians just returned and ready for power on. Fuel trip about to start so things moving along. Same old story as ever budget driven and so we just react to the cash flow coming in. we are moving and should have engines in by November.

Cheers

Max

Thats all at the mo, MJR might want to add some more if he’s around 😉 As he is closer to 422 than I, we have enough things to do at home
Cheers

Paid a visit for the first time today: it’s fantastic!

OK, so the Vulcan was a bit of a damp squib, in that it’s hangared and the viewing area is really too small to accommodate the kind of numbers there were today, but the Cold War Jets Collection is superb.

So why the enthusiasm?

Well, I suppose it’s because you get a sense of the aircraft being presented pretty much as they would have been when they were ‘live’. They are lined up as they might have been when in service; you can walk up to them and around them; there are people working on them (or at least they were today); and there’s such a variety.

My son particularly loved the Victor cockpit and the chance to explore the Guppy.

All this and the sound of a Buccaneer being run up: for what more could you ask?

No doubt I’m preaching to the converted. If not, get yourself along and check it out!

Tom

Thanks Tom 😉

I do hope you visited the Q shed ?

We had lots of interested people wandering around, was nice to stop and chat about our ‘little’ hobby 😉

Spread the word

Hi Ben
There is a third Buccaneer in work at Bruntingthorpe, but I believe it is some way off running still. However there is a real depth of knowledge on Bucc’s at Brunty, so, if it can happen anywhere, that’s the place.
There is a real “buzz” about Bruntingthorpe at the moment, I was there today working on our Jet Provost, XN584. There was a large group working on the Bucc’s, with one getting a run, and another an engine change, ourselves and the rest of the lads from Phoenix Aviation on the Jet Provost’s and two Hunter’s, Matt was hard at work painting the Sea Vixen, Bob from B.A.H. was hard at work on the Mystere IV and Brian has started work on his new Starfighter, which will soon sprout wings again. The Lightning group were a bit quiet after last weeks photo day, but they deserve the odd day off the work they do.
I also believe the Vulcan will be flying again in the next few days, so, the place is well and truly buzzing!
If we get decent weather, I think the May 25th open day will be one of the best yet, so be sure to come along if you can.

Hi Ritch, we wernt quiet at all today mate, oh no busy bee’s us LPGer’s, no rest for us you know 😉

728’s ventral fought us all the way, but we got it off in the end, I will post an update on the QRA thread in abit 😉

Saw the BAH lads running the Bucc (XX900) assume a shake down in prep for the 25th 😉

We are back tomorrow, working out whats up with 728’s No1 reheat now the tank is off.

Must admit it was a cracking day up there, almost summer, didnt have to wear ‘me’ thermals :rolleyes:

Cheers