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This model is in extremely short supply, and also has the benefit of an exclusive card signed by Wing Commander Andy Williams, as he was when this was his aircraft.
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This lovely model of our Jet is very competitively priced at £39.99. It also includes an exclusive card signed by Group Captain John Spencer, as he was when this was his aircraft
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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 LIGHTNING aircraft in airworthy condition.

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)
RAF Wattisham Q-Shed - Funding push needed

THEY PROTECTED YOU NOW YOU PROTECT THEM!
Re-erection of the RAF Wattisham QRA Shed is 90% complete thanks to the generosity of our supporters.
(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.
The
front doors and the sides have been completed leaving just the back doors to
complete. 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). Please include a SAE.
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The Lightning Preservation Group (LPG) are currently raising funds to re-erect the former RAF Wattisham Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) hangar at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leics. The hangar is historic in ti's own right, being one of only three built in the UK, it will protect both aircraft from the elements and serve as a unique museum and memorial to the "Lightning Force" and the Cold War period £120,000 is needed to accomplish are aim.
The fund currently stands at £110,000
Re-erection work is well under way!
The steel work has been erected & concrete floor finished! Roof cladding
complete,front doors hung, side cladding on, just the back doors to complete.
For a current progrees update please visit our
"Message Board"
Now more than ever, we need YOUR support NOWin 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.
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Cockpit Tours
Want to see the "Office"? Come to an Open Day and sit in it yourself!
Website Equiries
After reading our website if you have any specific question please send us your enquiry
With regard to enquiries about PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP SCHEMES, please be advised that at the present time we do not have one.
Please click link if you would like to make a donation