At about 1966/67 I was a motor mechanic in Dusseldorf - one of our customers was a Lightning pilot at Gutersloh, I returned his Hillman Imp of all things🤫 to the base one day and was told he was on patrol with his wingman along the East German border by Hannover and was directed to wait beside a hanger with the ground crew - within minutes they came over the runway as low as you like waggling wings and then a vertical climb - showboating ? Yes Thrilling ? You bet your bottom dollar ! Very much our last Hurrah !!
I went to an airshow in Norfolk around 1973 as a young teenager. I distinctly recall the BAC Lighting display, doing a vertical climb above us with full afterburners on and the engines glowing bright yellow. Awesome sight and sound.
Used to watch the Lightning chase aircraft at Warton all those years ago. They made your chest rattle when they went ballistic Johnny Bell, are you watching this?.
I love the BAC Lightning, and also have a soft spot for the Tornado F2/3 - both in their own way the last British fighter; the F version being a British only built variant that we also sold to a couple of Arab nations (just like the Lightning,which was the last British only built supersonic fighter). That would make an iconic pairing!
Between 1958-1965, I lived under a flight path into RAF Middleton St George, and we often had Hawker Hunters overhead. Then one day, a Lightning came over, an amazing sight to a boy who didn't know they had been created! Stuck in my memory 60 years!
A very happy retirement Colin (Crab) we had some happy times at 662 and a few libations at R.M.Condor I note your keeping in touch with Radio Shaw while he's at BA I hope to see on te 32st of this month at Conder All the best mate!
Wow; just come across this. No idea why it's appeared in my feed but glad it did... I'm a lot younger than a lot of commenters on here it seems; born in 78, just outside of Preston & been around BAE Samlesbury & Warton all my life. I remember seeing the Lightnings when I was younger, and the Buccaneers and then slowly replaced by the Tornados etc I worked onsite at Warton in 2000 for a few years and I'm as sure as hell that the 'mobile home' you can see towards the end of the film is the damned hut I worked in too 😂
These even today defied the law of gravity.... absolutely mental aircraft and the pilots borderline personality disorder the way they just pointed them at the sky and upwards and onwards they went "BALLISTIC", sorry you tubers I bet " TOM PETE MAVERICK MITCHELL CRUISE"... WOULD SHIT HIS FLIGHTSUIT BEING STRAPPED INTO ONE OF THESE AT FULL THROTTLE!!!!
As my brother worked forEnglish Electric I was there that day,the display and noise was deafening They had a Lightning as a Gate Guard as you entered the site in later years
Take the mic out of the wind...!!! 🤷♀️
Seeing the most interesting planes of the era in the worst footage system of the era: VHS. What a shame.
Almost as pretty as a F100😉
My brother used to refuel the lightings when he was stationed in Germany
6m54s....wow😮
c est un bel avion . il est tres trapu et degage vraiment une impression de puissance meme a l arret 👍
Just stumbled on this wonderful sequence. My father worked at BAC Warton from 1957 to 1990. Great memories. Thank you.
At about 1966/67 I was a motor mechanic in Dusseldorf - one of our customers was a Lightning pilot at Gutersloh, I returned his Hillman Imp of all things🤫 to the base one day and was told he was on patrol with his wingman along the East German border by Hannover and was directed to wait beside a hanger with the ground crew - within minutes they came over the runway as low as you like waggling wings and then a vertical climb - showboating ? Yes Thrilling ? You bet your bottom dollar ! Very much our last Hurrah !!
I`ll swear the gear was up before on the second one before it left the ground @4.16 🤣🤣😎😎
Just think about all the old original fast jet pilots from years are laughed at by kids now who don't know what these old boys did many years before.
When ENGLAND was the Best ❤
A long time before that.
Wicked! ):-)
Great days at Wattisham with 111 and 56 Squadrons..
I went to an airshow in Norfolk around 1973 as a young teenager. I distinctly recall the BAC Lighting display, doing a vertical climb above us with full afterburners on and the engines glowing bright yellow. Awesome sight and sound.
Used to watch the Lightning chase aircraft at Warton all those years ago. They made your chest rattle when they went ballistic Johnny Bell, are you watching this?.
CAA killed these off shame on them
I love the BAC Lightning, and also have a soft spot for the Tornado F2/3 - both in their own way the last British fighter; the F version being a British only built variant that we also sold to a couple of Arab nations (just like the Lightning,which was the last British only built supersonic fighter). That would make an iconic pairing!
6:48 is madness
Fantastic engineering
Between 1958-1965, I lived under a flight path into RAF Middleton St George, and we often had Hawker Hunters overhead. Then one day, a Lightning came over, an amazing sight to a boy who didn't know they had been created! Stuck in my memory 60 years!
The over wing ferry fuel tanks have always amused me.
A very happy retirement Colin (Crab) we had some happy times at 662 and a few libations at R.M.Condor I note your keeping in touch with Radio Shaw while he's at BA I hope to see on te 32st of this month at Conder All the best mate!
thats me in the sheepskin jacket. i was manning the air start.
what a plane
British aviation will never be the same.
‘Awesome’ is usually hyperbole these days; not here
overwing fuel tanks look dreadful .....
Love the low level fly by - it’s great we have records of this.
Wow; just come across this. No idea why it's appeared in my feed but glad it did... I'm a lot younger than a lot of commenters on here it seems; born in 78, just outside of Preston & been around BAE Samlesbury & Warton all my life. I remember seeing the Lightnings when I was younger, and the Buccaneers and then slowly replaced by the Tornados etc I worked onsite at Warton in 2000 for a few years and I'm as sure as hell that the 'mobile home' you can see towards the end of the film is the damned hut I worked in too 😂
I think some grass got singed there at 6:54.
Still look at the video and still look at the impressive performance and handling of the Lightnings. WoW what a machine to fly.. 🇬🇧
Damn that is the best lighting footage ever captured
8:43 Probably the largest speed differential, between 2 forms of transport designed and built in the UK. I present to you the Leyland Sherpa😉
Absolutely love this video. And whitesnake sets it off 👌🏽
Only a idiot would do that, the best in the world
So sad government scrapped them, crazy
The best ❤
Fast of what
On the video you can hear the sound of the radar
Fantastic 👍 ❤❤❤
I was here in 1987
I worked for EE the best ever aircraft British
Well, well. The Lightning makes modern fighters look like pussy cats.
So lucky to have seen this magnificent airplane flying when I lived overseas, a fave at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fetes
These even today defied the law of gravity.... absolutely mental aircraft and the pilots borderline personality disorder the way they just pointed them at the sky and upwards and onwards they went "BALLISTIC", sorry you tubers I bet " TOM PETE MAVERICK MITCHELL CRUISE"... WOULD SHIT HIS FLIGHTSUIT BEING STRAPPED INTO ONE OF THESE AT FULL THROTTLE!!!!
great video, piece of history there, thanks for posting it on UA-cam!
As my brother worked forEnglish Electric I was there that day,the display and noise was deafening They had a Lightning as a Gate Guard as you entered the site in later years
Probably the most capable interceptor ever built!
Very rare to see a lightning with the over-wing ferry tanks fitter so no supersonic flight on this occasion.
Buccaneer