Lightning photos

[320psi]

Hi all, been looking though all the hundreds of shots Terry Senior has allowed me to host to cheer my self up, and have posted a few more on our forum board.

Got loads more to go yet

Enjoy

http://lpgxs904xr728.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=182&page=1

[RLN]

Great photos, Andy. Thanks for taking the time to post them for us to see

[Thumper]

Really lovely photos, the Lightning pulling vapour is great! Very sad how most of them ended up as fire training

[Jigsaw]

Really lovely photos, the Lightning pulling vapour is great! Very sad how most of them ended up as fire training

Totally agree with Tumper.

Loved the "feel the power" shot as well. Great pics Andy

[Saracenman]

[Mags]

Loving it all

[MadNaddy]

Lovely pics 320

Thank you for taking the time to share them

[Mackrick]

Love the photos Andy

[Stigish]

Loving the pictures Andy.............Keep em' coming

[Delhud]

Great photos 320psi

Had a quick squizzy--- going back for a longer look

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[Xplumberlives]

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[Pujgnie]

Just a quick question for Andy...

Are there any other pictures of the Saudi F53 ZF582 anywhere ? (other than those in this link)

http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/Lightning.htm

If said airframe served only with the Saudi Air Force.. I am curious as to why she is wearing RAF Roundels nowadays - or was that just for the flight home to UK

[320psi]

Just a quick question for Andy...

Are there any other pictures of the Saudi F53 ZF582 anywhere ? (other than those in this link)

http://www.aviation-museum.co.uk/Lightning.htm

If said airframe served only with the Saudi Air Force.. I am curious as to why she is wearing RAF Roundels nowadays - or was that just for the flight home to UK

Oh good ones

I dont know of any more shots of 582, she seems elusive

Heres all the Saudi aircraft histories http://www.lightning.org.uk/f53.php

When the Saudi Lightning contract came to its natural end and the Tornado contract 'kicked in' there were about 25 Ligtnings still servicable in Saudi, all very low houred and very pampered.
Part of the contract called for the aircraft to be returned to the UK, which the RAF took on in 1986 using current RAF lightning pliots, in two waves of 12 and then 13 aircraft, all being flown back to Bae Watron with the Victor tanker force giving in flight refueling across the route.
Over all that distance there was only one snag with all 25 aircraft, a T5 had a landing light malfuntion, staggering really.
The aircraft were all given RAF serials and markings and flown back in Dec 86, there were plans to transfer them to Binbrook, but by Jan 87 the writing was on the wall and the end was nigh for the lightning force and Binbrook, so nothing came of it.
There were talks about selling them on, but there were no takers, so all 25 aircraft sat rotting in the salt air for nearly 5 years, all uncovered.

In the end they were offered to museums for a nomial price, but if you got one it was down to you to shift it, hence most had their wings cut and were roaded to museums, some were scrapped.
The Gatwick lads lead by Milt Roach, are the only group to be actively bringing one back, they roaded her in, found a complete uncut set of wings and over the last 12 years have been working on her, Milt tells me they are close to ground running, maybe in 2012, theres no taxying room there so she will only ever be a static runner, I take my hat off to them

The rest 13 in total were bought by Hayon Bailey, he had them properly dismantled and containterised at consderable cost and stored on Southmapton dock side.
He then died in a aircraft accident, and they all sat their untill the mid/late 90's while his estate was sorted.

They finally sold to the highest bidder (the only bidder to be honest) Kieth Smith of Marine Salavage (scrap dealer) and moved to his yard, you can only imagine the condition of them, when the steel containers were opened, most were junk.
All the cockpits found homes, some being used for a Sifi flim, some going to private collectors/museums like ZF582, two were bought by AALO and now reside in the US with the T5 XS422 project, one is being used as their 'live' cockpit.

The rest, well we had a few bits, a couple of engines, and sundry stuff, but most of it was corrodied to hell and useless to anyone

Here we are, well the die hard nutters of the LPG on one of our raiding parties in Keiths yard in about 1998



All gone now

Hope thats answered your question

[Pujgnie]

Sure did Andy... Thanks

[Hula-Hoop]

Interesting

[320psi]

Started another thread as the other was getting photo heavy

http://lpgxs904xr728.proboards.com/inde ... 189&page=1

Tons more to come

[Thumper]

More great photos there, thank you!

[Mackrick]

Thanks Andy more great photos

[320psi]

Hi all just a test as the forum can take larger piccies now

With many thanks to Mr Terry Senior who has allowed me to host some of his superb collection of Lightning photos spanning many years, we can bring you this photo book of 'pure Lightnings'

I will add more batches over the next week or so

Thanks Terry

Enjoy

Our two first

Our very own XS904









And XR728

























Lots more to come

[Saracenman]

THAT'S better

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[Xplumberlives]

THAT'S better

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That saves you a trip to Specsavers!

[Mackrick]

MMMMMM big photos .....

[320psi]

XS452 now in SAfrica



XR760 BL, lost in the North sea Dec 85 B Bees ejecting safely



XS901 Flown to Bruggen in 88 for BDRT, belived scrapped by 1992



XR757 cut and moved Rossington in 88, moved to Gainthorpe in 91





XS932 broken up in 92 at Rossington, nose saved by Hugh Trevor (LPG), nose currently with Franborough air services





XR770, currently at RAF Waddington





XS903, delivered by air in 88 to YAM Elvington



And 903 again in the livery she was delivered to YAM in and still carries to this day



And now this sequence, quite something

XS416, repaired and flown again, cut and moved to Rossington in 88, moved to Gainthorpe in 2001











And XS416 again



And at the end of the sortie







XS458, currently in taxying condition with Russel Carpenter at Cranfield



XS933 scrapped in 88, nose now in Surrey with a private collector



XS416 again



And in an earlier life



XS456 on a rainy ASP at Binbrook with ventral tank off, sold in 88 to TA Smith, cut and moved to Wainfleet, where it stands today




XV328 the last but one T5 built, she was flown to Cranfield in 88 to join the Arnold Glass lightning 'fleet' , where she stood untill being scrapped in 94, her nose was saved and moved to Bruntingthorpe by Nev Martin



XP750, placed on the dump at Binbrook in 87, scrapped by Jan 88



XR770 again in an earlier pre red fin livery



XP695, Scrapped at Binbrook in Sept 87



XR755, displosal by MOD in 88, moved by road to E Marshells garden and placed on a plinth, where she stands to this day



XR752, scrapped by Sept 87 at Binbrook




XR758, flown to Larrburch for BDRT in 88, believed scrapped by 1992



XR725, MOD dsposal March 88, cut and moved to Rossington, sold to Charles Ross and moved back to Binbrook and placed in his garden, where she still sits



XR749, flown to Leuchars in 87 for BDRT, placed for disposal in 93, bought and moved by Ken Ward to Teeside airport and resorted for gate guard duties, moved again in 2001 to FRA at Peterhead with a private collector



XR727, in storage at Binbrook, flown to Wildenrath in 88 for GIA, believed scrapped by 92 when the base closed



XS936, placed for diposal by MOD in 88, brought and 'cut' by Roy Flood then moved by road to Castle Motors Liskeard, Cornwall and placed on a plinth, where she still sits



XS935, cut and moved to Rossington in 88, cutting began in Oct 92, all parts removed by Dec 92



XP707, Crashed in March 87, durning display routine near Binbrook, slow feeding ventral tank found to cause C of G in balance, pilot B Lennon ejecting safely



XR724, transfered to BAe Warton in Nov 87 for Radar work, flown to Shawbury for storage in 1990, reflown back to Binbrook for the Lightning association in July 91



XS928, left Binbrook in March 88 for Warton for Radar trails programe, placed for disposal by MOD in 92, bought and spares recovered by B Pover, airframe left with BAe, Warton, over all silver finished applied in 1999 and placed on the gate.

[Saracenman]

no stopping you now 320

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[320psi]

=))

no stopping you now 320

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I can if you want