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'Cold War Scramble'
THE LIGHTNING PRESERVATION GROUP
in association with
Simon Mumford A.G.Av.A.
presents
‘Cold War Scramble’
EE Lightning F MK6, XR728 ‘JS’. 5(F) Squadron, RAF Binbrook, 1987
A new limited edition multi-signed print by award winning artist Simon Mumford A.G.Av.A., released to raise funding for the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA)–shed appeal.
Signed by: John Spencer, RAF Binbrook Station Commander.
Dennis Brooks, Officer Commanding, Lightning Training Flight, RAF Binbrook.
Andy Williams, Officer Commanding 5 Squadron, RAF Binbrook.
Jake Jarron, Officer Commanding 11 Squadron, RAF Binbrook.
Specifications: Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies, 594mm wide x 420mm deep (23inches x 16.5inches), Black and white, 250gsm acid-free paper.
Price: £24.95 each (plus £5.00 UK postage and packing via mail order). All proceeds to the LPG QRA-shed appeal fund.
Cheques payable to LPG.
Orders to:
RICHARD NORRIS
2 Springhill
Little Staughton
Beds
MK44 2BS
Tel:- 01234 378827
e-mail:- richard@lightnings.org.uk
Original available.
Text at base of print reads as follows:
The unearthly siren wail catapults the groundcrew and pilot from their rest, as the telebrief springs to life: “Binbrook, this is Boulmer, alert Lightning, mission 51; vector 040, climb to flight level 250, contact Boulmer fighter frequency as pre-briefed. Scramble, scramble, scramble”. The shriek of avpin starters precedes the roar of Rolls Royce Avons as the massive drab shape surges from the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Hangar and powers down the glistening runway, leaving boiling spray in its wake. Lightning reheats spear the gloom and the ground shakes with their thunder.
The ' Cold War' spectacle of two Lightnings on QRA is re–created
at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, Leicestershire by the Lightning Preservation
Group (LPG). The QRA Hangar will form the basis of a unique museum as
a tribute to the men and machines of the Lightning Force which were
in the frontline of the UK Air Defence against the Soviet threat during
the Cold War period for almost 30 years.
Click to see a higher resolution PDF doc of the above (2.7Mb)
The text on the print reads:-
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"English Electric Lightning F.3. XR713 'C',
111 Squadron, RAF Wattisham, 1965
Built by the English Electric Company at Samlesbury in Lancashire, XR713 was test flown on the 14th November, 1964 prior to delivery to 111 Squadron, then based at RAF Wattisham in Suffolk, on the 8th January, 1965. During its time with 111 Squadron the aircraft was flown on several occasions by the Squadron Commanding Officer, Sqn. Ldr. George Black. |
Some 20 years later the same aircraft took to
the skies in the hands of his
son, Flt. Lt. Ian Black for his first solo on type. Flt. Lt. Black was the last RAF pilot to pass through the Lightning Training Flight (LTF) at RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire. The aircraft retired from service in 1987 and is now preserved at RAF Leuchars in Scotland, the current home of 111 Squadron." |
Price £37.50 inc p&p (Cheques payable to "LPG". )
Orders to:
RICHARD NORRIS
2 Springhill
Little Staughton
Beds
MK44 2BS
Tel:- 01234 378827
e-mail:- richard@lightnings.org.uk