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by **Mayfly** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:51 pm

Has finally been reborne

http://www.key.aero/view_news.asp?ID=4601&thisSection=historic

This was her a couple of years ago

by **Jigsaw** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:21 pm

Reborn and looking bloody great :ymapplause:

Thanks Pam

by **Xplumberlives** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:57 pm

NICE!

by **Hihonyr8811** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:10 pm

About time too :))

Just kidding, looks awesome :ymapplause:

by **MOD** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:19 pm

Nice to see F6 XS897 'AC' again even if it now masquerades as an F3. I wonder why they chose to do that?

Personally I would have liked it to look like it did at Binbrook 24 years ago!!! (If you can make out what it looked like from these ancient slides

)

Thanks for the heads up Pam.

ibw

by **Mayfly** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:30 pm

I can only assume it was the only complete Lighning they could get their hands on. Did 29 fly F6s?

by **Xplumberlives** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:36 pm

I think you'll find it was the ONLY one available and that they were allowed to make look like a repesentative aircraft!

by **Clag** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:11 am

29 Did not fly Mk6's, 111 at Wattisham had 3 Mk6's XR747 Y,XR752 X and XS895 Z for the last year before handover to Phamtoms

by **Mayfly** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:23 am

Link to the MOD site with a close up photo

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafconingsby/newsweather/index.cfm?storyid=60699B0F-5056-A318-A8D2AB634C46F8B9

by **MOD** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:55 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:I think you'll find it was the ONLY one available and that they were allowed to make look like a repesentative aircraft!

Obviously I know that

(Git) but the question was really why not restore it as it was with 5Sqn instead of bastardising it to a Squadron that never used them!

Ian

by **Xplumberlives** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:05 pm

MOD wrote:
Xplumberlives wrote:I think you'll find it was the ONLY one available and that they were allowed to make look like a repesentative aircraft!

Obviously I know that (Git) but the question was really why not restore it as it was with 5Sqn instead of bastardising it to a Squadron that never used them!

Ian

You really must learn to phrase your questions in order to generate the answers you require!

Where's me Stella? :-o

by **Dan4th** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:09 pm

I'm just happy she wasn't SCRAPPED!!!!!!!!!!!

D.

by **Gully** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:04 pm

Spotted a Lightning in the hangar in the background of one of the pictures of '558 at Coningsby earlier this year after her hydraulics issue and wondered what the story was - now I know!

Thanks,

Gully

by **MOD** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:09 pm

Where's me Stella? :-o

Don't worry the cans are safe here. Hic...

Well one of them is!!

Or rather was as it now seems to be empty.

But wasn't giving up beer one of your New Year's resolutions

Ian ( Sorry Pam as I went bit off topic there)

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