@Paratus7 8 ай бұрын
Back when Britain was still something to be proud of…… Nostalgic as much as it is sad.
@mervwhitney7229 8 ай бұрын
Great to see the reminder of the aircraft we once had protecting our country. Thank you. Over 60 years of going to the airshows, I feel sad at what we no longer have.
@maggiemay427 8 ай бұрын
I remember watching the Lightning at airshows, a real show stopper, and filling the crowds with pride. What the hell has now happened to our nation?
@sliderdriver1 8 ай бұрын
I did RAF Linton in 81' with 2050 SQN ATC.2 jaguars, 2 lightenings and plenty of jet provost all week. The lightenings were the highlight of the week! My flight covered runway duty through the night landings as they had a night exercises on. Spent 2 days down the road at Church Fenton too! Superb times. Thanks for the video, amazing.
@stephenmiller195 8 ай бұрын
I’m so jealous, I have seen a lightning display as a child absolutely brilliant
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
Church Fenton was our local base. But it was a Jet Provost training base, with the occasional Passing Out Parade on
@mickboakes7023 8 ай бұрын
Was at the last last Lightning show. Despite the terrible weather they put on an amazing show. Had never seen so many in the air together. Can’t believe the apparent lack of security back then. Great nostalgic trip back to happier times.
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
I was there for the air show.There was a lot of wet camcorders there. In those days you could rent them, as they were still expensive to buy. So I bet there was some difficult conversations on return. Regarding security I did an American air base air show in the 90`s. And the crowd line was behind a tall chain link fence. Even though we were on the base !
@islandhopperstuart 8 ай бұрын
I was also there. Got soaked! Unforgettable display though.
@barryhill1044 8 ай бұрын
Try walking into Lakenheath like that. See how far you would get
@wheater5 8 ай бұрын
I displayed the Puma helicopter the day of the last Lightning Show. Very heavy rain. My late parents had bought tickets for the air display, the only chance they would have had to see it. The coach got stuck in the very heavy traffic and only got as close as ten miles away.
@Rob99552 8 ай бұрын
Wow, this brings back memories, many happy hours at Crash Gate 3 watching Lightnings, and occasional visiting Jaguars, Harrier GR3s and Tornado GR1s amongst others.
@rogerkay8603 8 ай бұрын
Was at Binbrook on camp with 1262 Sqn, ATC. 5/11 Sqn there at the time, 1984 I believe, great time to be 14.
@burfo72 8 ай бұрын
I was there with 2462 Sqn ATC in 1987. Didn’t realise at the time that we’d be the last ones before it closed. Great memories.
@timbooth3020 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the posting. I’ve never forgotten the Lighting at RAF Abingdon Air Display that pulled up vertically!
@johncrispin2118 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this . T he last gasp of a British designed and built fighter, designed by genius Teddy Petter, ( Canberra, Whirlwind, Lysander) we will not see his like again I fear.
@engineer17151 8 ай бұрын
Great video of bygone days ... nice to see the F111's as well as the Lightnings.
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@georgehaines9386 8 ай бұрын
Go vertical like no other . . I do remember 5sqn. ✌️💯🇬🇧
@ianjones7266 8 ай бұрын
Good stuff. One occasion in particular, maybe 1976, went on a trip with Market Rasen youth club in the evening. From the control tower we watched lightening taking off. Spectacular with after burners lighting up. A constant presence in the skies growing up in Rasen, along with the Scampton Vulcans.... little wonder I'm a sucker for 'planes!
@c8136132 8 ай бұрын
Please keep these beauts coming!! Love the various visitors.
@nicholasswift2480 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for another RAF Binbrook vid, this must have been near to the end of the Lightning in RAF service, what a sad site all those Lightnings are awaiting the scrapman. Im presuming the ones we see flying in this are practising formation flying for the final day? I also see the F-111's about again, they seemed to use Binbrook a lot, 1985 to 1992, i lived 10 miles from Upper Heyford, great memories!
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
The final pair of Lightnings flew from Binbrrok on the 30th June to Cranfield. For the Arnold Glass collection. I have another video from 16th May 1988. With the 4 ship formation on as well
@HFamilyDad 8 ай бұрын
I just researched Binbrook after seeing your vid, never heard of it, how sad its no longer with us either!
@clives344 8 ай бұрын
Its disappeared from Google Maps Well it’s unrecognisable, thanks for the link below.
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
@@clives344 www.google.com/maps/@53.4447465,-0.1935603,1016m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu
@alexanderlawson1649 8 ай бұрын
I saw these fly at Leuchars, several years in a row. The lightning was an amazing sight at full speed, low level, close to Mach 1, etc, what a jet. They dont last long, gone inside a lifetime.
@johncone9516 8 ай бұрын
Did my first summer camp at Binbrook as a space Cadet in 1967.
@badmojamma 8 ай бұрын
A multitude of aviation devotees here in the 'States who grew up at the height of the Cold War lusted after the Lightning. We all envied such a beautiful brute!
@markjohnson9301 8 ай бұрын
I miss the Lightnings...
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
Same here, along with the 1980`s & early 2000`s air shows
@davewitter6565 8 ай бұрын
I remember seeing these in Saudi Arabia 1983.
@kenstevens5065 6 ай бұрын
Ten airframes ready for the scrapper. The last two lightnings free to taxi at least locked in at Bruntingthorpe.
@leftypick4854 8 ай бұрын
Hendon RAF museum. 2003. This one too. Gotta love those fat Mig-21's!
@rogermiller2159 8 ай бұрын
How cute electrics gather close together in the brisk morning air.
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
4 days later there were 9 Lightnings stacked up there. And yes I have the video !
@clives344 8 ай бұрын
In the late 80s noticed many were parked up outside Preston. Think they were returned from Saudi. Early 90s Warton used F6s with over wing tanks as Targets in Radar Development
@Daniel-S1 8 ай бұрын
Saw one at Wattisham once.
@stevetaylor8698 8 ай бұрын
Case (David Brown) tractor there at 0.49"
@chrissteeples2148 8 ай бұрын
I worked there turning it back to farmland a few years ago we kept our machines in the old QRA hanger
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
Around that time there was a lot of talk that Binbrook should be turned into a museum. Or even a Bruningthorpe type set up. It`s a shame the bruntingthorpe events have finished now
@mickboakes7023 8 ай бұрын
@@251hanomag Here’s a sad one. Go to Mr Hewes tank restoration u-tube site. They are at Bruntingthorpe among the the aircraft that were used for the fast taxi runs before it was turned into one gigantic car park. I do think that their intention to run the engine’s of the Victor are a bit over enthusiastic however. Does anyone know the fate of the two Lightnings that were kept in the QRA sheds. There is one semi covered among the other aircraft but I don’t think it’s either one of those. All the best. Happy Christmas. Mick
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
@@mickboakes7023 Yes the Lightning preservation group are still there in the QRA sheds. And still do occasional engine runs. It`s a shame a lot of the other groups had to re-located elsewhere. And the scrapping of the Super Guppy
@mickboakes7023 8 ай бұрын
@@251hanomag Thanks for that. Good to know. So many iconic aircraft have disappeared lately. Mick.
@Scotscan 8 ай бұрын
I was 4 years old, those were the days
@A14b19 8 ай бұрын
Ahhh those were the days no restrictions freedom 😂😢
@toucheturtle3840 8 ай бұрын
Did I spot XR728 now owned by the Lightning Preservation Group?
@mikepanchaud1 8 ай бұрын
Great. The zits on the audio is radar interference.
@clives344 8 ай бұрын
Cycled there from Grimsby many times
@simonvazquez6751 8 ай бұрын
What happens to the braking parachutes post landing, at 13:50 it seems to be released off camera. If this is normal, does it not end up blowing loose around the airfield ??
@251hanomag 8 ай бұрын
RAF guy in the land rover collects them, for re-use. He`s parked behind that tower at 34:41
@JB-xs2uh 8 ай бұрын
Storno callsign “Recovery” at some airfields if my memory serves me right!
@grahamjordan1040 8 ай бұрын
It’s a sad looking place now
RAF Coningsby, 11/12/ 2023. An excellent day with the Typhoons using reheat & performance take-offs.
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