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Seen during the first Q-shed scramble by a Lightning since 1988 !!.
XS904/BQ Lightning scramble taxi and fast speed run whit afterburners.
XW544/O Buccaneer made a fast speed run in memory of the three crew from 15 Squadron that where killed in a collision a week earlier.
XL565/Y Hunter fast speed run.
WT333 Canberra Fast speed run (last time i saw this bird the condition was a bit less).
And highlight for me XM715 Victor K1 on one side called "Meldrew" and the other side "Teasin Tina" made a few taxirun`s but unfortunately it didn't get airborne this time.
and gone out for a bit of flying was XN584/E Jet Provost.
For the people interested in more real airplane noise ans smoke
The next Cold War Jets open day is scheduled for Sunday 26th August.
Airplane included ao TS-11 Polish AF cs and the newly acquired L-29 Romanian AF cs.
See also http://www.lightnings.org.uk
Here is the full of for Sunday the 15th of July 2012
As there was the Lightning scramble day which i didn't know so nice surprise.
A Lot of aircraft where moved to create parking-space.
XR728/JS Lightning
XS904BQ Lightning
? nose section of a Lightning could XP703 or XV328 Anybody ?
XS235 G-CPDA Comet under repaint
XL565/Y Hunter
XX467/86 Hunter
G-BKRN Be-18 USN colors 1164
WT333 Canberra
XX889/T Buccaneer
XX894/R-020 Buccaneer
XW544 Buccaneer
2235 F-104 German AF
53 L-29 Romanian AF
XN582/95 Jet Provost
XN584/E Jet Provost
XP672/03 Jet Provost
ZD610/N-714 Sea Harrier
PF179 Gnat dodgy registration painted on it`s nose.
XT630 Scout
XX145 Jaguar ETPS
XH592 Jaguar Racing green cs
XM715 Victor
XH592 Victor nose
1018 TS-11 Polish AF
G-CBGL Brousard 3303 Portuguese AF cs
F-BTGV Super Guppy
And the place of honour at the gate is this year for.
85 8-MV Mystere IV repainted
Somewhere between the collection and the pan where the planes are broken up is
XV226 Nimrod
And as i wanted to walk to the pan where the rest of the stuff is parked i was stopped and told that it was out of bounds for today
But on the pan where parked
SX-OAD B-747
XV301 Hercules to be scrapped
A green Hercules due heathaze not identified
A VC-10 coded U could be XV104
Also parked overthere to create parkingspace where a Jetstream and a Buccaneer and a few civil spamcan`s.
As always correction,s and addition,s welcome
