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The temptation to pull back the stick !

poor tree

Well there used to be airworthy Lightnings at Thunder City in South Africa and then came the crash of ZU-BEX which signaled the end of Thunder City.

I remember passing by RAF Leuchars back in the day when Lightnings were scrambled to intercept Soviet aircraft prowling around UK airspace - they did not hang about - a rocket with a pilot up front.

Would love to see that Lightning jump into the sky

Such an iconic aircraft. The Lightning would eat todays modern interceptors for breakfast which it’s speed and manoeuvrability. Such a shame that she will never take to the sky’s again along with the Vulcan.

The lightning wasn't a normal supersonic interceptor but a "PROTOTYPE HYPERSONIC MISSILE".....ON VIAGRA!!!! AND A BLOODY INCREDIBLE ONE AS WELL I'D LIKE TO ADD👍👍👍

@1:30 ground grew are still disconnecting something while the Lightning has already started to taxi...big fail! I think chocks away and showing the pilot that they are moved is the final ground prep before release. nice footage

I would have loved to have visited here, when the runway runs were done. Gutted that it’s static now.

What a awesome peice of British flying history!. I think even today, in the hands of a capable pilot, it could out preform, out fly some of our best jets.

Same battery trolleys as were used on Spits and Hurricanes.

The best plane ever made

Thank you for posting this video. My father was on the Battle Flight at RAF Gütersloh in the late 60s. He flew the F2a with 19(F) Sqn. Of course, he called the aeroplane the 'Frightening' and said, as everyone did, that the wings were only there to keep the nav lights apart. He learnt on Tiger Moth biplanes, served in the RAF and ended up skipper on the (then) brand new glass-cockpit Boeing 747-400s. A career half as long as powered flight itself.

Уёбище а не машина, такое могла придумать только жертва ЕГЭ.

i thought there was one still flying in south Africa , doing flights at great altitude.

Great jobs Gents And after that scrambling It was time for some breakfast Naturally scrambled eggs on toast...

So the title is false.😲 Clickbait

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I keep hearing the Benny Hill theme?

When the Lightning started firing up in the hangar I immediately thought Thunderbirds Are Go.......................lol

Beautifully milled wings

Oh! I thought I was going to see a real, bona fide, QRA scramble. The last time I had the pleasure of one was in 1983, when I was based at Binbrook. The smell of the Avpin & then the Avtur exhaust is a memory firmly placed in my mind. The Lightning was the best aircraft I ever worked on.

It may be an unforgivable sin to not allow that Lightning to takeoff, but at least you British appreciate the commitment of your armed service members from WWII through the Cold War by doing those reenactments. I am also referring to the flybys and now only the taxiing of that incredible Vulcan bomber. I have watched various CZcams videos that prove to me that the British government and people want to honor those sacrifices. It may not be enough, but it sure puts the American government and people to shame. Most, but not all, Americans have either a short-term memory problem, want to forget about our "lost" wars, or have a politically correct attitude problem about those reenactments. Now we do have individuals and not-for-profit foundations that own and fly aircraft, such as an F-4D, F-86, and other warbirds. The only recognition that the government gives them is the opportunity to fly "heritage" or "legacy" flights with contemporary Air Force or Navy fighter aircraft at airshows. I would like to visit Great Britain and experience the sound of those jets "spooling up" their engines and the raw power as those aircraft simulate a takeoff.

That's like stopping the train as its about to leave the station!

It must be so hard to resist giving it full re-heat, then pulling the stick back...😁

There is a flying lightening in South Africa.

Great British aviation all gone to the graveyard, so sad we cannot keep our aircraft jet heritage alive, say what you like about the u.s ..they revere theirs.

If you have a spare£10,000 you can get a flight in one at thunder city South Africa...( Fit to fly and training beforehand

Used to go to Leuchars as an ATC cadet for various events. Saw a Tigers scramble in 1964, never forgot it, nor the cheery companionship of the men in the Airmen's Mess.

Why did it travel so far to be scrapped? or did it find a new home? great video though

The chute comes on right after Reheat....Sacrilege !!

Just watched this video , fantastic, we used to be quite good at this sort of thing a few years ago , what the F went wrong .?

Far too slow for real QRA scramble... ground crew and pilot are old....but don't get offended lads ! ( Ex 74Sqn Tigers)

There are one or two couple years ago in South Africa, privately owned and maintained, by some rich guy.

Poor trees ..... put a blast deflector behind that shed !!!

Awesome

Great Plan,and so very british. Yeeeeaahhh❤❤❤❤❤

Respect for putting that up buddy. Glad you were ok, and not too much damage. Easy done though

RAF Binbrook and Leconfield were our loca lightning bases in the 1960's. They used to fly across RAF Finningley on occasion.

It should be flying!! Shame Thunder City in SA closed. You can still see fast taxi runs at Bruntingthorpe in Leicestershire.

I remember seeing one at Leeuwarden AFB somewhere in the eighties or nineties. What a beast!

LOL what provides starting power a ww2 era Putt Putt cart

I thought they still had some flying in S Africa but those were grounded years ago and sold off. I don't see any further information on them though, anyone know if they're still about to be flown anywhere?

The poor thing just wanted to take off

Now that’s what you want to see when you open the garage door.............😍 😲 WTF.....No vertical climb!!!! No...’To Infinity and Beyond’!!!! Talk amongst yourselves, I’m off for a rather unmanly weep in the corner 😢

Brian Carrol's Lightning!

CAA are a disgrace for nor allowing these to be flown, our countries do and it's one of best fighter jets we ever created.

I've done my fair share of QRA scrambles & the fact they used a trolley acc. rather than a Houchin was a give away that this was a reconstruction, apart from the fact you NEVER leave the chocks in until last, as that's asking to get run over by an overly eager "steely eyed killer" as most fighter jockeys saw themselves ! As for how fast were the scrambles? At Leuchars straight after exiting the QRA shed there's a Z bend that accesses the runway & a certain Fl./Lt. Brindle ( 23 Sqdn./ Red Eagles ) got a bit enthusiastic & selected reheat on the straight of the Z bend ( only reheat turn on the ground I've ever seen! ). Even though take off angle is shallow @ about 30 deg ( even on a live scramble they're very conscious of just how fuel critical they are ) it's still quite impressive. So as he cleared the shed I wandered forward to get a better view. But when I heard the double thump of reheat being selected I immediately started running as hard as I could to my left to clear the jet blast - with good reason. There was a small hut @ the side of the QRA shed where we could live over night or weekends whilst on standby. How bad was the jet blast - blew out every single window in the sleeping quarters - if anybody had been in there @ the time they'd have been cut to pieces ! - Working on an operational airfield can be a bloody dangerous place to be @ times !

Blimey a long time since I last was in Wotton Basset I didn’t recognise Lyneham village but I’m going back to 1975 when I was posted there ! 😀

So many memories. So Sad that these and the Vulcans are no more.