I know but it was just strange that when I was there a few years back the place was full of “No Photography” notices, yet one can walk up to the main gate and ask the gaurd about taking a photo of the T4 and they are like “Oh yeah feel free”.

Its a shame that the T4 is at Boscombe in some ways as its the only T4 and might be better in a museum, Newark maybe as it fits in with the training collection they have, however Newark have a T5 so might not want the T4 anyway.

Boscombe Down had an incident back in September 1994 some sort of secret jet crashed on take off, base closed all public roads around base closed etc.

America had some sort of involvment with the plane, anyway just do a web search for “Boscombe down incidnet” and you can find lots of info and storys etc.

One thing I find a bit strange about Boscombe Down is they dont like you taking photos of the base or its aircraft, yet if you ask to take a couple of photo’s of the Lightning T4 gate gaurd they seem more than happy to let you.

Woman gets £50 fine for recycling

Oh my God someone trys to help the environment and gets a £50 fine for doing so, giving a fine to someone who made a mistake but acted with good intentions and in the interest of the environment is not the way to win people over to the whole “green idea” is it.

If it can save money and fuel it’s gotta be worth a try.

Does anyone if work is still taking place XJ494, as at one time they had stopped doing ground runs as the engines were becoming unsafe to run up ?