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Re: Lightning News

Postby RLN » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:32 pm

In a word..........BUM :( Didn't want to go to the States anyway. :((
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Re: Lightning News

Postby 320psi » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:44 pm

RLN wrote:In a word..........BUM :( Didn't want to go to the States anyway. :((


Sorry to sound negative all, Im a realist and 422 flying again is just such a long way off, its not worth thinking about, yes they might do it, but it aint thunder city and dosent have Mike Beechyheads money, and thats what it takes to fly Lightnings/lightning

Get out to Cape Town and get a trip, soon ;)
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Saracenman » Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:13 pm

that's exactly what i expected to be honest 320 - all that you've always said about spares availability - particularly with 99.9% of useful kit going to SA

i genuinely hope that they DO succeed, but i don't see how they can for all the reasons you mentioned

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Re: Lightning News

Postby Spitfire » Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:08 pm

Can't seem to find a YT video of a twilight or any other static run with both after burners lit ..... do they ever get lit together or is it too much for the brakes :D :D :p
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Bovril » Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:25 am

on the move but...

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Re: Lightning News

Postby Spitfire » Tue May 05, 2009 12:31 pm

:ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause:

Shame I couldn't be there - but thanks - keep it up :D
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Gully » Tue May 05, 2009 1:55 pm

Here's 264flight's video of 904's run on Sunday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnP74MSjBD0

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PS. Couldn't get it to embed - sorry. Wedgy?!
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Re: Lightning News

Postby IanM » Tue May 05, 2009 2:03 pm



There ya go :D
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Mackrick » Tue May 05, 2009 6:24 pm

Lovely clips I am just sorry I couldn't of been there :((
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Pujgnie » Tue May 05, 2009 6:56 pm

Great stuff.. she looks truely wonderful.
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Re: Lightning News

Postby RLN » Tue May 05, 2009 7:03 pm

Thanks for the clips and well done Andy and the rest of LPG. You don't know how much I wish I could have been there. :(
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Gaz » Wed May 06, 2009 1:44 pm

Hey look! I'm on that clip too!
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Wedgy » Tue May 19, 2009 8:11 pm

Andy,

Saw your beloved pair and the shed today for the first time in the flesh ....

....Impressive

..... the word doesnt do it justice - fantastic building, fantastic machines :ymapplause:

The smell of aviation fuel was a nice touch, will certainly remember that :D

Pics to follow when I get home :D


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Re: Lightning News

Postby Mackrick » Tue May 19, 2009 8:30 pm

Photos did someone mention photos :D
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Wedgy » Tue May 19, 2009 11:00 pm

Very little in the pans ;)
Certainly nothing compared to seeing VC10s GUSHING every fluid they possess :))
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Mackrick » Thu May 21, 2009 6:08 pm

Wedgy wrote:Very little in the pans ;)
Certainly nothing compared to seeing VC10s GUSHING every fluid they possess :))


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Re: Lightning News

Postby RLN » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:03 pm

BTW I passed her again on the A1 yesterday, and it makes me so angry. Is somebody going to put the old girl out of her misery, and mine. The greenery was getting very large.


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Re: Lightning News

Postby RLN » Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:10 pm

Thankyou sir :-bd
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Spitfire » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:57 pm

Whilst stooging around on YT for some stuff to add to another thread re Gazelle choppers I found this .......



This bloke up north somewhere has his own private Gazelle and they landed in this blokes garden to look at his Lightning :-o :-o :-o

This guy http://www.youtube.com/user/jettech7 is the Gazelle owners 'mate' and there's some brilliant little videos on there of Gazelle start ups etc ... but this Lightning one took me by surprise :D :D :D
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Stigish » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:50 pm

Not sure if its already been posted...................
Aviation is on tonight, Channel 270 on Sky 12:15am Story of the Lightnings in SA from what i can gather.
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Re: Lightning News

Postby 320psi » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:54 pm

Stigish wrote:Not sure if its already been posted...................
Aviation is on tonight, Channel 270 on Sky 12:15am Story of the Lightnings in SA from what i can gather.



Yeh its a great watch, got the DVD, seen it many times, hide behind the couch when it get to the Cranfield scrapping bit, not nice :(
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Spitfire » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:22 pm

Stigish wrote:Not sure if its already been posted...................
Aviation is on tonight, Channel 270 on Sky 12:15am Story of the Lightnings in SA from what i can gather.


That's a good find - just sky plussed it ..... it's easily missed on an obscure channel like that :D :p
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Saracenman » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:10 am

:(( all these wonderful programmes i can't see! X(
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Re: Lightning News

Postby Stigish » Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:12 am

Saracenman wrote::(( all these wonderful programmes i can't see! X(

Mr Lightning himself 320psi has it on DVD, I'm sure he'll let you know where its available?
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Re: Lightning News

Postby 320psi » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:54 am

Stigish wrote:
Saracenman wrote::(( all these wonderful programmes i can't see! X(

Mr Lightning himself 320psi has it on DVD, I'm sure he'll let you know where its available?


Here you go


http://www.lpgestore.com/english-electric-lightnings.asp?prdid=259

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