Back when Britain was still something to be proud of…… Nostalgic as much as it is sad.
@mervwhitney72298 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.
@maggiemay4278 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?
@sliderdriver18 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.
@stephenmiller1958 ай бұрын
I’m so jealous, I have seen a lightning display as a child absolutely brilliant
@251hanomag8 ай бұрын
Church Fenton was our local base. But it was a Jet Provost training base, with the occasional Passing Out Parade on
@mickboakes70238 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.
@251hanomag8 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 !
@islandhopperstuart8 ай бұрын
I was also there. Got soaked! Unforgettable display though.
@barryhill10448 ай бұрын
Try walking into Lakenheath like that. See how far you would get
@wheater58 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.
@Rob995528 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.
@rogerkay86038 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.
@burfo728 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.
@timbooth30208 ай бұрын
Thanks for the posting. I’ve never forgotten the Lighting at RAF Abingdon Air Display that pulled up vertically!
@johncrispin21188 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.
@engineer171518 ай бұрын
Great video of bygone days ... nice to see the F111's as well as the Lightnings.
@251hanomag8 ай бұрын
Many thanks!
@georgehaines93868 ай бұрын
Go vertical like no other . . I do remember 5sqn. ✌️💯🇬🇧
@ianjones72668 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!
@c81361328 ай бұрын
Please keep these beauts coming!! Love the various visitors.
@nicholasswift24808 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!
@251hanomag8 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
@HFamilyDad8 ай бұрын
I just researched Binbrook after seeing your vid, never heard of it, how sad its no longer with us either!
@clives3448 ай бұрын
Its disappeared from Google Maps Well it’s unrecognisable, thanks for the link below.
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.
@johncone95168 ай бұрын
Did my first summer camp at Binbrook as a space Cadet in 1967.
@badmojamma8 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!
@markjohnson93018 ай бұрын
I miss the Lightnings...
@251hanomag8 ай бұрын
Same here, along with the 1980`s & early 2000`s air shows
@davewitter65658 ай бұрын
I remember seeing these in Saudi Arabia 1983.
@kenstevens50656 ай бұрын
Ten airframes ready for the scrapper. The last two lightnings free to taxi at least locked in at Bruntingthorpe.
@leftypick48548 ай бұрын
Hendon RAF museum. 2003. This one too. Gotta love those fat Mig-21's!
@rogermiller21598 ай бұрын
How cute electrics gather close together in the brisk morning air.
@251hanomag8 ай бұрын
4 days later there were 9 Lightnings stacked up there. And yes I have the video !
@clives3448 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-S18 ай бұрын
Saw one at Wattisham once.
@stevetaylor86988 ай бұрын
Case (David Brown) tractor there at 0.49"
@chrissteeples21488 ай бұрын
I worked there turning it back to farmland a few years ago we kept our machines in the old QRA hanger
@251hanomag8 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
@mickboakes70238 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
@251hanomag8 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
@mickboakes70238 ай бұрын
@@251hanomag Thanks for that. Good to know. So many iconic aircraft have disappeared lately. Mick.
@Scotscan8 ай бұрын
I was 4 years old, those were the days
@A14b198 ай бұрын
Ahhh those were the days no restrictions freedom 😂😢
@toucheturtle38408 ай бұрын
Did I spot XR728 now owned by the Lightning Preservation Group?
@mikepanchaud18 ай бұрын
Great. The zits on the audio is radar interference.
@clives3448 ай бұрын
Cycled there from Grimsby many times
@simonvazquez67518 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 ??
@251hanomag8 ай бұрын
RAF guy in the land rover collects them, for re-use. He`s parked behind that tower at 34:41
@JB-xs2uh8 ай бұрын
Storno callsign “Recovery” at some airfields if my memory serves me right!