Wow! What a thing to pop into my ‘suggested videos’. I grew up next to Binbrook, and always wanted to fly the Lightning. I never made the cut, but was lucky enough in my UAS days to get a couple of trips in the T5 with 5 sqdn. (Only supposed to be one trip, but we had to divert, so got a second)! 😁 Many years later, now flying commercially, we moved to a remote village in Northumberland, and our next door neighbour only turns out to be an ex Lightning flight commander, and then test pilot for BAe. So imagine my delight to see Peter ‘delivering’ this Lightning back to Binbrook all those years ago.

Fond memories of my many months at Binbrook 1965-1968 as a USAF Exchange Officer. AFDS and 5 Sqdn. Really great pilots to work and fly with and an outstanding group of aircraft maintainers. It goes down as the outstanding assignment of my military career. Beautifully done photography. Many thanks

@julianneale6128

6 жыл бұрын

William Beardsley I'll bet the weather was your favourite part! What else did you fly in your career?

@arjunforest3097

2 жыл бұрын

instaBlaster.

@russcattell955i

2 жыл бұрын

William, I expect fond if fuzzy memories of evenings in the officers mess too.

I went up there on the day to see its last flight. Good memories of seeing & hearing them fly as I grew up in New Waltham.

The trouble with enthusiasts is they have no idea of what it takes to keep an aircraft like the Lightning especially the eye watering sums of money required. People with the right technical skills are difficult to find, and the Campaign Against Aviation will definitely not be helpful. They are highly paid Civil Serpents who like a quiet life. I'm glad I grew up in the days when I saw the Lightning and many others flying every day! ( I am a retired aircraft engine fitter )

@grahamjordan1040

Жыл бұрын

Enthusiasts are brighter than you think and if the government didn’t waste money on illegal immigrants we would still have one flying

@VulcanDriver1

6 ай бұрын

These guys were all ex-RAF lightning ground crew.

Hi there I was stationed there in 1978 and I loved my short tour there that hill was quiet a trex and the village had a great pub that served great cocktails the lightning were spectacular and great memories there

There should be a post-war memorial flight comprising at least some of these post-war icons Lightning ,Hunter, Buccaneer, Phantom, Tornado ,Sea Vixen, Gannet, Nimrod, Shackleton

@distortedreality4603

2 жыл бұрын

Who would fund it?

@commandingjudgedredd1841

Жыл бұрын

@@distortedreality4603 Aye. That's the problem... money.

@matthew-gn4qd

11 ай бұрын

charity would have to fund it. if the demand is there then money will flow, i think the problem is alot of people take things for granted these days and dont see the cost. not everyone values seeing historic aircraft in flight, especially in the new carbon conscious world, but yes it would be great to see these historic aircraft in flight!

Soooo beautiful!

Brings back wonderful memories from my first posting in ‘77 . That’s folks

I remember seeing these over the Yorkshire village I grew up in.

Lovely video.

I served at binbrook( fire service).I have a love of these aircraft.served at Cyprus with them as well.

@marknorville9827

4 жыл бұрын

No you sat around all day in your t bag string vest playing cards. You lot never worked a day in your life.

@brianchester4218

4 жыл бұрын

me to 1972 to 1977 will never forget the LIGHTNING

@brucebagley9871

4 жыл бұрын

What were you,a dick by the sounds of it worked harder than you think.

The greatest fast jet aircraft ever built in my opinion. The Vulcan and Concorde in the same British class of outstanding aircraft.

My older brother was stationed at Binbrook,ca. early to middle 1960´s

Awesome to see that. I was there last year and had a look at the two Lightnings there, unfortunately the Tbird is disassembled though. Crazy to think I flew from that same runway in my teens, though in the humble but still awesome DH Chipmunk T10 and not a Lightning.

If the UK can fund and run National Parks and other "Living" museums then there should be a National Air Park to act as a " Living" museum to the UKs past pinnacles of aeronautic achievement. Aircraft such as the Lightning would have pride of place. Somebody needs to act quickly before all the suitable old 'dromes get built-upon by developers. There's enough multi-billionaires around the globe looking for somewhere to invest their spare cash.

great looking fighter jet seen it flying growing up over Biggin Hill

Binbrook was my first posting in '77. A favourite trick played on new jocks first Solo was to replace the parachute pack when the pilot was taxiing whilst out of site from the pilot. When he made it back to the apron it was pointed out that the parachute hadn't been deployed on landing, therfore he shouldn't have been able to pull up in time. Their faces were turn a ghostly white!!😅😅😅😂😅

Great stuff 🙂

TOP effort.

amazing video of XR724 wonder if there are any updates about her condition

@1903chrisholden

6 жыл бұрын

Paul Blythe are you part of the heritage centre?

Should see the APs for the Fmk6 lightning a 4,200 page manual read

Great color footage- the Lightning always looks good. I say find the money in the budget, find the parts and aircrew, and lets get a pair on QRA duty.

An excellent video of a brilliant aircraft on its significant return to Binbrook ........... and half the comments are devoted to a poxy Ford. Something very wrong here.

@IanLanc

2 жыл бұрын

The RS200 wasn't exactly poxy but hey who cares! I did see it hiding in the grass maybe it was to challenge XR724 for a fast taxi race...

you guys should see the final ever Binbrook airshow April 1988 full vid beautiful in cockpit footage and external footage

@anglonig1

Жыл бұрын

Can you post a link.

Is it still in the pipe line of possibility to see a lightning fly again .I am a Binbrook veteran of 1979 till 1985 from LTF

@lightning1975

5 жыл бұрын

No chance in the UK but USA - imminent!

@tectorama

4 жыл бұрын

@@lightning1975 Really ?, it would be lovely to see. Although the USA is not without it's restrictions. There is a Harrier flying there though, privately owned.

Soon to be running again hopefully 😁👍💨💨💨

This one was special.

Are there any EE lightning pilots on here willing to talk about their time on this amazing aircraft

Whatever the weather no macho fighter pilot taxied in with the canopy closed. Such a pose.

2:13 is that a Ford RS200?

@hammer2787

10 жыл бұрын

looks like it is. They also have a similar fate as the lighting most of them left to rot. But at least there are some left. :'(

Don't make me cry, im 63

What's going on with the electrical inference every 7 seconds?

@Chilternflyer

5 жыл бұрын

It's the ground RADAR. If you sit in your car on the upper floors in the old (T2 or T3) car park at Heathrow. You can hear it on your radio.

What is wrong with the CAA????

Worked for Bae EE

@sichere

Жыл бұрын

Did you work on the F53 and T5's

You should see the state of her now under a old sheet.. 😥

@1903chrisholden

6 жыл бұрын

is she in that bad a state?

@distortedreality4603

6 жыл бұрын

1903chrisholden Unfortunately yes

@1903chrisholden

6 жыл бұрын

lab rat when was your last visit to XR724?

@distortedreality4603

6 жыл бұрын

1903chrisholden it was a couple of year's ago, it had a tarpaulin sheet, weighed down with tyres covering some of the top half, it looked in a real state!

@paulmblythe43

6 жыл бұрын

lab rat it's in good condition and could be run again. It looks tatty but that's just cosmetic

How many of you viewer's know why the nose cone was on the lightning

Well there is no argument that it could fly!

@IanLanc

2 жыл бұрын

There is now! There's no runway.

RAF Binbrook is now a housing estate

@IanLanc

2 жыл бұрын

Since when ? There are houses already there which were for the people who worked on the base when it was active, have more been built ?

@buttonworld77

2 жыл бұрын

Binbrook MQ's now form part of an estate called Brookenby Estate having been sold for private ownership. Technical site is pretty much intact but neglected having been utilised as commercial units as part of a business site. Underwhelming and sad end to a great station. Add it to the list, there are many.

@IanLanc

2 жыл бұрын

@@buttonworld77 First time I actually went to Binbrook was in the mid 90's, it was a great place to look around, about 2010 we decided to go for another look, pretty well shocked to see how bad the place looks, we'll be going again when we find out further news on the Lightning firing up.

Great stuf. But h/maintence

Because of the ridiculous rules in the uk you will never see one fly again and as for Binbrook it’s in an appalling state now went there this year , runways ripped up long ago by greedy farmers

The narrator’s voice puts me to 💤

Caa, absolutely rubbish

@smiffy925

Жыл бұрын

CAA = campaigne against aviation

Norway.sweden.italy.etc all have high performance costly to run and technically difficult to maintain and yet they are flying safely with expectise.so why wont the cardigan wearing.cant be arsed CAA allow a lightning.jaguar.phantom.etc etc from flying on the uk register.what happen to our vulcan lets see BAE /AIRBUS.ROLLS ROYCE.MARSHALL AEROSPACE and the british CAA couldn't be bothered shame on this so called GREAT BRITAIN