must the russians and brits use the same dam design. USAF must have the only planes that dont look this similar to that mig look. idc which one was made first.
When I was 6 years old in about 1973 I saw one of these do a display at an airshow at RAF Lakenheath.......it did a high speed run and then went vertical................I'll never forget it. One of the most impressive aircraft of all time.
The pilot must so be yearning to take the beast for a real spin. Or maybe not, unless suicidal - I suspect that underneath the skin its a wreck. Could this unit actually fly?
These machines are kept in tip top condition and are regularly serviced and maintained to the highest of standards.
All flying surfaces work and theoretically she 'could' fly although owing to a lack of spares and CAA restrictions it is much more sensable to keep them on the ground.
There is no other place in the country that you can enjoy such a unique display of cold war power!.
I love these beasts because they are essentially no expenses spared, batshit crazy power from a time when adding machines and Morris Oxfords were considered advanced. Born of cold war fear of course. Thankfully, we do not have a cold war anymore but we do have batshit crazy mach 2 fighters to impress and deafen us at airshows;)
Wow, listen to all the car alarms after that! Raw power. Just to taxi, though, is a tease. What a temptation it must be for the pilot (or driver) not to just go all the way with it. Still, looked like fun.
Personally, if I were the pilot, I'd not be able to resist. That lightning would fly no problem, and I'd just have to pull back on the stick and keep those Avons open wide. A health and safety authority's nightmare (and so my happiest dream), but it's a small risk for a lot of joy. Couple of fast passes over the airfield and land. Military jets crash, private planes crash, commercial planes crash. This flying again makes no overall damn difference to public safety, if Lanc and Vulcan, can...
Bloody idiots the CAA. This fantastic piece of engineering heritage should be flying. Seems the CAA think if it has afterburners, horourable Tony would do a terrorist raid with it, and seeing as the new Eurofighter isn't fast enough to catch it, he'd escape afterwards too! or something. Pull your fingers out of your arses and drop this stupid rule. Why not only let the ex lightning or current RAF pilots fly it, if they're worried about doing Mach 2 over Leicester. I'd actually pay to see it!
It's as if excitement is outlawed. Let's have Thunder City (as in Cape Town) at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. £5000 for a passenger ride to 45,000ft verticaly on full afterburners, and then some quick 1400mph turns over the North sea. Get BP or Shell to sponsor it, and perhaps Tesco and maybe a mobile phone co. What an ad, what a specatacle for people to (pay to) come and watch! Vulcan and lightning days...rides in them, Hunters, Buccaneers etc. People pay in Russia and SA, would here too
I used to take them for granted, when they flew constantly over my home in Grimsby when they flew from RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire. It would be great to see them fly over once again!
At least they are still flying in South Africa with Thunder City, and I believe a US owned Lightning could be airborns soon....hopefully. I rmember seeing them in Yorkshire. They did a flyover at Beverley in 1976 before moving on elsewhere.
There is a long list of reasons why they are not allowed to fly, firstly they are a complicated fast jet with afterburners and a not so good track record with fires, the CAA do not like this combination.
The cost of restoration to flight would be astronomical and spares are in very short supply in the UK......the list goes on.
Have a chat with the LPG crew at an open day and see just how expensive it is to keep thier's n fast taxi condition.
It was one of the best runs considering the weather, John Spencer (the pilot) had a chat with me after the run. Keep your eye on the LPG website for other events during the year.
Avpin starters forever! I was sat alongside the video taker in this shot and had to clear the grass and grit from my face, the little voice "I've never seen that before" is brilliant. The only thing missing from this video is the warm/hot smell of burnt Kero. If you can, go there, but leave me a space, I'm only little.
b'cos at bruntinthorpe most of the planes are not airworthy so they show them off by doin fast runs like this...the one in may 08 was freakin awsome full afterburners all the way lol
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Cant wait to see this next week!!
will1988a 6 months ago
Amazing aircraft
MrSpunkyspunky 1 year ago
must the russians and brits use the same dam design. USAF must have the only planes that dont look this similar to that mig look. idc which one was made first.
elite055 1 year ago
When I was 6 years old in about 1973 I saw one of these do a display at an airshow at RAF Lakenheath.......it did a high speed run and then went vertical................I'll never forget it. One of the most impressive aircraft of all time.
Aussiephil99 1 year ago
kind of looks like a mig-21
jm0n55 1 year ago
The pilot must so be yearning to take the beast for a real spin. Or maybe not, unless suicidal - I suspect that underneath the skin its a wreck. Could this unit actually fly?
ChrisJMoor 1 year ago
@ChrisJMoor
These machines are kept in tip top condition and are regularly serviced and maintained to the highest of standards.
All flying surfaces work and theoretically she 'could' fly although owing to a lack of spares and CAA restrictions it is much more sensable to keep them on the ground.
There is no other place in the country that you can enjoy such a unique display of cold war power!.
John.
WMCgrimsby 1 year ago
@WMCgrimsby
I see.
I love these beasts because they are essentially no expenses spared, batshit crazy power from a time when adding machines and Morris Oxfords were considered advanced. Born of cold war fear of course. Thankfully, we do not have a cold war anymore but we do have batshit crazy mach 2 fighters to impress and deafen us at airshows;)
ChrisJMoor 1 year ago
The lightning was my favorite first jet but everythime i look at it reminds me as a Russian Mig.
SR71ABCD 1 year ago
You mean the Mig-21 was the soviet union's Lightening, surely ;-)
SAHBfan 2 years ago 2
Wow, listen to all the car alarms after that! Raw power. Just to taxi, though, is a tease. What a temptation it must be for the pilot (or driver) not to just go all the way with it. Still, looked like fun.
jonesy97 3 years ago
Personally, if I were the pilot, I'd not be able to resist. That lightning would fly no problem, and I'd just have to pull back on the stick and keep those Avons open wide. A health and safety authority's nightmare (and so my happiest dream), but it's a small risk for a lot of joy. Couple of fast passes over the airfield and land. Military jets crash, private planes crash, commercial planes crash. This flying again makes no overall damn difference to public safety, if Lanc and Vulcan, can...
Owlesque1 3 years ago 10
Bloody idiots the CAA. This fantastic piece of engineering heritage should be flying. Seems the CAA think if it has afterburners, horourable Tony would do a terrorist raid with it, and seeing as the new Eurofighter isn't fast enough to catch it, he'd escape afterwards too! or something. Pull your fingers out of your arses and drop this stupid rule. Why not only let the ex lightning or current RAF pilots fly it, if they're worried about doing Mach 2 over Leicester. I'd actually pay to see it!
Owlesque1 3 years ago 7
It's as if excitement is outlawed. Let's have Thunder City (as in Cape Town) at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire. £5000 for a passenger ride to 45,000ft verticaly on full afterburners, and then some quick 1400mph turns over the North sea. Get BP or Shell to sponsor it, and perhaps Tesco and maybe a mobile phone co. What an ad, what a specatacle for people to (pay to) come and watch! Vulcan and lightning days...rides in them, Hunters, Buccaneers etc. People pay in Russia and SA, would here too
Owlesque1 3 years ago
Now that would be amazing,i'd start saving my pennys right now.
UtubeEmployee3387 3 years ago
or sell a kidney
UtubeEmployee3387 3 years ago
I used to take them for granted, when they flew constantly over my home in Grimsby when they flew from RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire. It would be great to see them fly over once again!
Central692 3 years ago
At least they are still flying in South Africa with Thunder City, and I believe a US owned Lightning could be airborns soon....hopefully. I rmember seeing them in Yorkshire. They did a flyover at Beverley in 1976 before moving on elsewhere.
Mongen17 3 years ago
What is the reason for not allowing privately owned lightnings to fly?
bgibb101 3 years ago
There is a long list of reasons why they are not allowed to fly, firstly they are a complicated fast jet with afterburners and a not so good track record with fires, the CAA do not like this combination.
The cost of restoration to flight would be astronomical and spares are in very short supply in the UK......the list goes on.
Have a chat with the LPG crew at an open day and see just how expensive it is to keep thier's n fast taxi condition.
John.
fmk6john 3 years ago
@fmk6john Too bad, they are phenomenal.
amorroni 7 months ago
HEY i wnt bruntinthorpe yesterday sunday may lol its well good aint it
jordyboy321 3 years ago
It was one of the best runs considering the weather, John Spencer (the pilot) had a chat with me after the run. Keep your eye on the LPG website for other events during the year.
fmk6john 3 years ago
yeah will do i only live few miles down the road from this particular airstrip do u live in leicester?
jordyboy321 3 years ago
Amazing! Hopefully I will be travelling all the way from the bottom of Cornwall to one of the Cold War Jets open days in 2008!
thevegetarian 4 years ago
Avpin starters forever! I was sat alongside the video taker in this shot and had to clear the grass and grit from my face, the little voice "I've never seen that before" is brilliant. The only thing missing from this video is the warm/hot smell of burnt Kero. If you can, go there, but leave me a space, I'm only little.
FrankCosPhi 4 years ago
y do they do fast taxi runs?
SgtGrant23 4 years ago
They run them for public display, they are long retired from service and are not allowed to fly on the civil register.
Enthusiasts from all over the country come to see them.
fmk6john 4 years ago
b'cos at bruntinthorpe most of the planes are not airworthy so they show them off by doin fast runs like this...the one in may 08 was freakin awsome full afterburners all the way lol
jordyboy321 3 years ago