Hi people, as was mentioned earlier in this thread, I guess this is the cockpit of XS899, taken on 12.10.08. Sorry about the Tipsy Nipper frame …. Keith.
Hi, Keith thats not 899, she is complete as a Cockpit that is, I think this is a shot of our ground procdures training cockpit ( cut and modified for for the Saudi ground crews to train in static engine running) which we loaned to Mick Jennings at Colt a while back (he took it under his wing and brought it back to this superb standard)
Was this shot taken at Norwich museum ?
Here’s 899, again after Micks lovely attentions
And here’s 328
Cheers
Oh and some more for you 😉
This was taken in the summer of 1988, just after they had been delivered.
And 452 again later on
😉
Thanks for the info guys and an especially big ‘thank you’ to 320psi for posting the pics, they’re fantastic.
As mentioned in my earlier post, when I first saw them they were standing side by side on the Southern end of the airfield. I remember thinking at the time that it would probably be the last time that anyone would have the opportunity to stand amongst six Lightnings in a row. It seemed special somehow, will never forget it.
I just regret that I didn’t have a camera with me at the time. 20-20 hindsight is such a wonderful thing!:o
Does anyone else have any more pics of them?
Nice to know that one of them still has a good home there. must get down to see it.
cheers guys, mucho appreciation.
No worries, glad to be of some help 😉
Here they are in the position I think you saw them in, just prior to 452 being chosen as the cantidate for possible engine running in 1991/92
None were covered, none had chocks in and 899 had been blown round and was off in a drainage channel
Here’s 452, just prior to her first engine run in 4 years in 1992, she was chosen over the others due to her being the only one with an unsiezed airturbine gearbox
And some sad shots from the winter of 1998, after the rest had been cut/smashed up, three of the four cockpits that were saved all lying around waiting for some one to give them some TLC, which they all got in the end 🙂
And here’s 458 in an earlier liverly, after she had been brought back from the dead 😉 Keep the good work up Russel from all of us in the LPG 😉
And to finish off 452 in SAfrica 🙂
If you ever fancy some ‘other’ Lightning action come and visit us that Q shed at Brunty 😉
Cheers
sorry i miss understood you. I think there were 6. 2 T5s, XS452,458.452 now in South Africa. Another T5 XV328 Was scrapped the nose was kept. The 3 F6s were XS898 , 899 and XR757 I think. Sadly all scrapped. All were ex 11 Sqn but XS458 wore LTF Marks, hope this is of help:diablo:
Hi just to crrect you, Edit, looks like John snuck in while I was typing lol
Your right on the T5’s 458, 452 and 328 (cockpit now at Brunty)
The F6’s were as you say 899,898 and XS923 (not 757 ;))
They were all apart from 452 and 458 reduced to cockpit sections in 1998/99
899 and 898 had to honour of beng the last two Lightnings to fly out of Binbrook, doing an impressive low pass over the pans prior to pulling up into he vertical.
Few piccies for you just after they arrived in June 88
Good luck with he run Russel, hope all goes well 😉
Cheers
You will never guess what my 6 year old son draws 😉
This was drawn on Sunday morning after our twlight do, this is his take on it, he’s in the van :rolleyes:
Ive always kept both my kids interested in all sorts of aviation and history 🙂
They are ‘our’ future
As a kid I was always flicking though my grandfathers photo ablums of his time out in Burma and the Cocus Islands on Liberators with 99sqd, this where my interest started
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