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Lightnings at Binbrook Volume 11
Maxival Exercise in September 1987 in glorious sunshine,with full activity from 5 & 11 Sqns in a simulated airfield attack exercise.
Lightnings at Binbrook Volume 12
Filmed in September & December 1987,just before the end of 5 Squadron,with superb full reheat climbs in low light conditions.XS903 Shown in the Q-Shed ,and taking off from the Shed two days later
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FlyPast Magazine
QRA Shed Roof Funding Appeal
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'Cold War Scramble'
New LPG print release by aviation artist Simon Mumford A.G.Av.A.
On sale for £24.95 all proceeds to LPG QRA-shed appeal
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"Rolling Thunder"
111 Squadron EE Lightning F3, XR713
This 23 x 18 inch print is on sale for £37.50. The artist, Simon Mumford, will donate £3.50 to the LPG from every sale
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"A Flash of Silver" High Quality Print (44 x 29cm) of 23 Sqn Lightning F Mk 6 "D" (XR 728, (now owned by the LPG as "JS") commemorating the Lightning 50th Anniversary 1954-2004
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Lightning XR728 Wooden Jigsaw
A challenging and intriguing Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzle depicting
Binbrook Flagship XR728, preserved by the Lightning Preservation Group,completing a high speed run at Bruntinghorpe, Leicestershire. £25 inc p&p
Cold war jets OPEN DAYSunday 25th May 2008 Bruntingthorpe airfield
Enquiries: 0116 241 8787 |
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The Lightning Preservation Group (LPG)
We are a group of enthusiasts based at Bruntingthorpe airfield Nr Leicester who are dedicated to maintaining two of the last few remaining English Electric (BAC) LIGHTNING aircraft in airworthy condition.
XS904 thundering down the run way at an lpg open day.(Duncan Cubitt)
No 11 (F) Sqn Lightning F Mk 6 "JS" ( Reg No XR728)
Air Cdre John Spencer's trusty steed (Gp Capt OC RAF Binbrook)
Regular Open Days are held throughout the summer
during which both LIGHTNING F MK 6 aircraft perform
runs down the 3000 metre long runway at speeds
just short of liftoff, with their two Rolls Royce
AVON MK 302 engines operating at full reheat.
RAF Wattisham Q-Shed - Funding push needed
Re-erection of the RAF Wattisham QRA Shed at Bruntingthorpe is now well under way!
(For the most recent progress report and photos, please visit our message board)
We have been extremely busy!
All main steelwork is now erected & the concrete floor finished. Roof was completed by the end of Nov 07 and the next stage is the front and rear doors rehanging. Completion is in sight......but.......... Further funds are however still desperately needed! Despite your already generous support we still have a funding gap.Would you like to make a donation ?
If so then Please make any cheques payable to 'LPG', c/o Richard Norris, 2 Springhill,
Little Staughton, Beds., MK44 2BS (Tel: 01234 378827).
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The Lightning Preservation Group (LPG) are also currently
in the process of raising funds to re-erect the RAF Wattisham
QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) Sheds as a permanent hangar
for our 2 Lightnings, and will also serve as a museum. This fund currently stands at around £60,000. For a current progrees update please visit our "Message Board" Now more than ever, we need YOUR support NOW in order to be able to complete this project. The "Q"shed, once complete, will form a unique museum of everything Lightning as well as stopping the aircraft deteriorating thereby keeping these historic aircraft serviceable and available for you, the public, to enjoy. If you have the time, then please attend one of the Open Days. If you wish to make a donation any amount however small will be welcome. Donations of £50 or greater will ensure that your name is permanently displayed on the QRA sheds alongside for example the likes of:- Wg Cdr "Bee" Beamont CBE, DSO*, DFC*, DL, FRAeS. |
XR 728 (ex-RAF Binbrook)
XS 904 (ex BAC High Speed Target Aircraft)
THEY PROTECTED YOU NOW YOU PROTECT THEM!
Members and Friends of the Bruntingthorpe LPG assembled around Air Cdre John Spencer's
aircraft XR 728.(Air Cdre Spencer is fourth from the left)
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hold your cursor over each face to see who is who
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Want to see the "Office"?......Click the image to see a larger photo. Come to an Open Day and sit in it yourself.!
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After reading our website if you have any specific question
please send them to richard@lightnings.org.uk
please be advised that at the present time we do not have one.
If so then Please make them payable to 'LPG', c/o Richard Norris,
2 Springhill, Little Staughton, Beds., MK44 2BS (Tel: 01234 378827).
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| The Lightning Preservation Group are extremely sad to have to report the death of one of their most experienced pilots. Brian Carroll who was a regular, popular & enthusiastic performer at the LPG Open Days, passed away peacefully on the 2nd December 2004. Brian will be greatly missed by his family, friends & colleagues. |
 Brian Carroll |
Brian had a long, varied & distinguished military flying career. Click to view his own "Potted History" In 2003, some 21 years after his last Lightning flight, he once again strapped himself into Lightning T5 "ZU-BEX" for a flight from S. Africa's "Thunder City". Click to Read "Once More Into The Wide Blue Yonder" |
Tribute - Wg Cdr "Bee" Beamont CBE, DSO*, DFC*, DL, FRAeS
A brief review of the LPG Open Day on 5th May 2002
(Click album to see a few photos of the event)
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