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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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"Put a lid on it!
FlyPast Magazine
QRA Shed Roof Funding Appeal

"Put a lid on it!" 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.
"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. Click thumbnail for details and to view larger image.
"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 XR 728 Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle
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
Lightning F MK 6 & T Mk 5 Pilot's Notes
and Flight Reference Cards
now available on CD-ROM!

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Cold war jets OPEN DAY

Sunday 25th May 2008
Gates open 10:00am

Bruntingthorpe airfield

  • High speed demos
  • Lightning
  • Comet
  • Victor
  • Buccaneer
  • ISKRA
  • Canberra
  • Hunter
  • Jet provost
  • Model aircrafts
  • High performance cars
    vs. fast jets
  • Boeing 747 jumbo jet
  • Super guppy
  • aero jumble
  • and much more

Enquiries: 0116 241 8787
or 0771 48 98 548

Cold war jets OPEN DAY -  Sunday 25th May 2008 - Enquiries: 0116 241 8787


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.

The Lightning Preservation Group (LPG)

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

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).


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.

£100,000 is needed to accomplish this aim.

This fund currently stands at around £60,000.

Re-erection work is well under way!
The steel work has been erected & concrete floor finished! Roof cladding will commence on 5th Nov 2007.

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.


The two F Mk 6 Lightnings that are owned and maintained by the LPG are registration numbers (Click the links to view the aircraft histories)

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. Click to view a larger image  and to see who is who. (41K)

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)
Click the image to open a larger one in a new browser window then
hold your cursor over each face to see who is who


Photo of the "Office" of a Lightning F Mk 6.  Click the image to see a larger photo

Want to see the "Office"?......Click the image to see a larger photo.

Come to an Open Day and sit in it yourself.!

 


After reading our website if you have any specific question
please send them to richard@lightnings.org.uk

With regard to enquiries about PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP SCHEMES,
please be advised that at the present time we do not have one.

Would you like to make a donation

If so then Please make them payable to 'LPG', c/o Richard Norris,
2 Springhill, Little Staughton, Beds., MK44 2BS (Tel: 01234 378827).


Click on "Order" to view our catalogue of Aviation Videos priced at either £11.99 or £14.99 Order from our list of 57+ exciting DVD's & Videos
containing Lightnings and other famous Fighter Aircraft!

 

 

 



If you have any information you think might be useful to the LPG please
contact the webmaster@lightnings.org.uk
(Please however do not send any images by e-mail without prior arrangement)


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.
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  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

10 Aug 1920 - 19 Nov 2001

 

 



"Bolt from the Blue"
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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