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Old 19th May 2017, 16:07   #1
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On the way back from an ecu repair today, we managed to find this in someone's front garden!

Better than a gnome any day of the week, Deb had a chat with the owner who is more than happy to chat about the planes history and let folks take piccies 😎😎

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Old 19th May 2017, 16:34   #2
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WOW, good find Andy. English Electric Lightning fighter. When these things took off and climbed near vertical it was very spectacular.
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Old 19th May 2017, 17:15   #3
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He might have more than one of them ... he certainly did at one time.
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Flipping heck Andy, how do you find em? .
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Old 19th May 2017, 17:29   #5
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they have one in a museum near me, very impressive and they let me sit in the cockpit. apparently massively fast even by today's standards
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Old 19th May 2017, 17:57   #6
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How cool I remember one of those besides the A1 many years ago near Grantham!
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Old 19th May 2017, 18:41   #7
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How cool I remember one of those besides the A1 many years ago near Grantham!
Yes, l remember that one too. It always looked a bit sad, covered in graffiti & pointing at the sky as if yearning to return there.
It finally got broken up, the cockpit section being saved for a museum.
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Old 19th May 2017, 21:30   #8
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Years ago The Buck Pub in Chop Gate had a Lightening jet in the rear garden. Was there for a while, then I believe the Council got involved....and no more jet. Killjoy mode I expect.
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Old 19th May 2017, 22:49   #9
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Did it come from Binbrook?

I was lucky enough to witness 'The Last Lightning Show'.Was the best airshow I've ever been to
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Did it come from Binbrook?

I was lucky enough to witness 'The Last Lightning Show'.Was the best airshow I've ever been to
From what I can find it belong to 11 squadron at Binbrook until 1988.
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