Lightning Double Reheat QRA Scramble & Twilight Run -
Bruntingthorpe Airfield 12/11/16
The Lightning Preservation Group at Bruntingthorpe Airfield in Leicestershire
held a unique QRA Scramble & Twilight Photo Shoot on Saturday the 12th of November 2016.
This was the first time a QRA Scramble had been held at Twilight, with both
Lightnings, XS904/BQ & XR728/JS, running at the same time
The Photo Shoot was held to raise money for the Lightning Preservation Group.
The LPG has 3 English Electric Lightnings, XR728/JS & XS904/BQ, which are the F.6 variant,
and the third Lightning belonging to the group is the F.3 variant, XR713, which is the last uncut F.3.
XR713 is a non-runner but plans exist to make the aircraft cockpit electrics live, she will remain engineless though.
What a superb day. In the morning it was wall to wall low, grey cloud & rain, the afternoon however,
was a different matter, the rain cleared & the event went ahead with the weather being
much better than had been forecast. We were very lucky!
The number of spectators ran into the several hundreds, these events are certainly becoming more & more popular.
Below are 36 images taken during the event :
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English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
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English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
Lightning F.6's XS904/BQ & XR728/JS |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
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English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
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English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
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English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.3 XR713 |
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Lightning F.6 XS904 & Lightning F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728 & F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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Lightning F.6's XS904 & XR728 & F.3 XR713 |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XS904/BQ |
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English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728 next to Lightning F.6 XS904 |
English Electric Lightning F.6 XR728/JS |
All images remain copyright İRoger Whitcomb 2016 - www.milairpix.com
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