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Thanks Lads!!! anyone else have more information??

Posted by Will Fowler on Mon Oct 08, 2001 07:52:08 PM

In reply top Re: Lightnings, what happened to the one at...... posted by Graham ODriscoll on Mon Oct 08, 2001 02:54:52 AM

Cheers lads for the follow up, anyone else have any information?

Regards,

Will


: Ahh, Lightnings, Lightnings.........deep joy!
: Cranfield.......6 Lightnings, now only 1. At least Tony Hu
: lls had the ability and dedication to try to save some of
: them. T.5 XS452 is now flying again in South Africa and To
: ny still has T.5 XS458 in a taxiying (and potententially a
: irworthy) state at Cranfield. Pity the F.6's could'nt be s
: aved as well though.
: Anyone no the current status of XR724 at Binbrook?
:
:
:
: : Hi Tony and lads,
: :
: : Well Tony's posting below got be all stired up, as I am
: fo
: : nd of the type myself.
: :
: : I remember reading in different books and magazines abou
: t
: : a company that had a bunch of Ex-Saudi Lightnings in sto
: ra
: : ge, last I heard and saw was some of them had their nose
: s
: : taken off and used in a rather crappy movie.
: :
: : What ever happened to them? were the noses taken off pro
: pe
: : rly so they could be regrafted or were they chopped off?
:
: :
: : Are any complete birds left?
: :
: : What prices do static Lightnings go for now?
: :
: : When I am back in the U.K, I live just down the road fro
: m
: : Cranfield and can still remember the Lightnings that wer
: e
: : stored at the end of the runway, well that was until mos
: t
: : of them were chopped up, why o why did I not have enough
: w
: : onga to buy one then.
: :
: : Regards,
: :
: : Will

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