The first plane with a vision of the future take take off performance, still the greatest climber, and the first jet that took my breath away. Many can recall the footage of the apparently sedantry looking take off, wheels up and then sits on its tail and goes near vertical till out of shot!
How many years has this old girl laid silent?? Through all your hard work you have bought her.back to life !!!!!!! Brilliant to hear her running again. Bloody well done to you all. What a brilliant effort 🙂🙂🙂🙂
Marvelous! I was an early member of the Lightning Association and attended several 'open days', when the engines were run up and into re-heat, and taxied around the hard standing in front of the hangars. Even got to sit in the (tiny) cockpit! What became of Charles Ross? Visited his home where he had his own museum and at least one Lightning in his garden. It's been sad to see how XR724 had been neglected since those days, so it's refreshing to see the old girl cleaned up and engine running again. Such a shame the QRA shed at Binbrook couldn't be acquired to help preserve the aircraft, as was done at Bruntingthorpe. Again, such a disgusting shame what's happened there, after all the years of effort and money spent. Now all the hard-standing and runways are long gone. Good luck to you all.
Marvellous achievement, well done! Any chance you can tell us where you are and what it is you are hoping to achieve in the description of your videos?
The first plane with a vision of the future take take off performance, still the greatest climber, and the first jet that took my breath away. Many can recall the footage of the apparently sedantry looking take off, wheels up and then sits on its tail and goes near vertical till out of shot!
How many years has this old girl laid silent?? Through all your hard work you have bought her.back to life !!!!!!! Brilliant to hear her running again. Bloody well done to you all. What a brilliant effort 🙂🙂🙂🙂
17 years silent
Brilliant brought a tear to my eyes and a lump in my throat . Well done to everyone involved 🍻👍👏🏻
What a beautiful sound, well done chaps👍👍👍👍 Now she's getting somewhere, she's found her voice again❤
A sound like no other.
Wonderful stuff, amazing job! 💥
Brilliant to hear that sound again! As a former Eng Tech P in ASF and on XI Sqn, this sound and this jet were an important time in my life.
Marvelous! I was an early member of the Lightning Association and attended several 'open days', when the engines were run up and into re-heat, and taxied around the hard standing in front of the hangars. Even got to sit in the (tiny) cockpit!
What became of Charles Ross? Visited his home where he had his own museum and at least one Lightning in his garden. It's been sad to see how XR724 had been neglected since those days, so it's refreshing to see the old girl cleaned up and engine running again.
Such a shame the QRA shed at Binbrook couldn't be acquired to help preserve the aircraft, as was done at Bruntingthorpe. Again, such a disgusting shame what's happened there, after all the years of effort and money spent.
Now all the hard-standing and runways are long gone.
Good luck to you all.
Charles Ross, our Chairman, is still around and supports the team.
Be nice to see one fly again😂
Magnificent !!! 👏👏👏👏
Over the moon to hear and see this! Well done all of you!
Charles Ross for an MBE
Well done; fantastic achievement and congratulations.
Absolutely amazing 🎉 well done to all 🍻
Sweet !
Marvellous achievement, well done! Any chance you can tell us where you are and what it is you are hoping to achieve in the description of your videos?
We are based at the former RAF Binbrook and preserving this icon aircraft for future generations to enjoy.
lightning-xr724.sumupstore.com/
www.gofundme.com/f/an-aircraft-shelter-for-lightning-XR724
facebook.com/XR724
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/LightningJetFighterXR724
www.lightningassociation.co.uk
www.youtube.com/@XR724LightningF6/videos