The plane enthusiasts thread

[ktmbiker58]

Panghyon airport in N Korea - do we think these are real aircraft or dummies, also there appears to be a shortage of support facilities for a fully operational air base -

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Lost the web link but apparently some restoration trust have just fired up a Lightning for the first time in xx years

next public firing up 6th September

sorry missed the location

but you will probably hear it from anywhere
but I want a seat damn close to the back
myhearing is buggered anyway - may as well go out on a high!!!!

 

[DaveReading]

Lost the web link but apparently some restoration trust have just fired up a Lightning for the first time in xx years

next public firing up 6th September

sorry missed the location

but you will probably hear it from anywhere
but I want a seat damn close to the back
myhearing is buggered anyway - may as well go out on a high!!!!

Probably Bruntingthorpe (near Leicester).

The preservation group there have two Lightnings that they keep in running condition. They used to demonstrate high-speed taxy runs on the runway there until the new owners of the airfield put a stop to it.

The (not very frequent) static ground runs are even more spectacular after dusk with the afterburners operating.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Probably Bruntingthorpe (near Leicester).

The preservation group there have two Lightnings that they keep in running condition. They used to demonstrate high-speed taxy runs on the runway there until the new owners of the airfield put a stop to it.

The (not very frequent) static ground runs are even more spectacular after dusk with the afterburners operating.

WOW - what sort of person buys an airport and stop high speed taxi runs on one of those!!!
great advert for the airport if nothing else

I wonder is an insurance company was involved??

 

[BrumJim]

WOW - what sort of person buys an airport and stop high speed taxi runs on one of those!!!
great advert for the airport if nothing else

I wonder is an insurance company was involved??

Bruntingthorpe has been many things over the last few decades, with the airport side of it being at best a side hustle, and at worst, a distraction from the other stuff.

 

[Badger_Boom]

WOW - what sort of person buys an airport and stop high speed taxi runs on one of those!!!
great advert for the airport if nothing else

I wonder is an insurance company was involved??

I think housing or an industrial park are on the cards.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Lost the web link but apparently some restoration trust have just fired up a Lightning for the first time in xx years

next public firing up 6th September

sorry missed the location

but you will probably hear it from anywhere
but I want a seat damn close to the back
myhearing is buggered anyway - may as well go out on a high!!!!

It was this one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yer1den1go.amp

6th Sept is the next fire up ✈️

 

[DaveReading]

It was this one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yer1den1go.amp

6th Sept is the next fire up ✈️

Ah, so not one of the Bruntingthorpe Lightinings, this one lives on the former Lightning base at Binbrook.

Looks superb, though I do still prefer the Lightning in its natural metal finish.

 

[Jameshow]

I think housing or an industrial park are on the cards.

It's a massive car park!

I wonder if the RAF will start vetoing runway development on grounds of national security?

Doncaster springs to mind too..