Thunder & Lightnings - English Electric Lightning

English Electric Lightning
Survivor XR728
Lightning Preservation Group (taxiable), Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire

Built as an F.3, XR728 first flew on 17th March 1965, being delivered to Warton for storage until converted to an F.6 and then delivered to 23 Squadron in November 1967. She also served with 5, 56, and 11 Squadrons and the LTF, finishing her career with the LTF as the Binbrook Station CO's personal aircraft (hence the 'JS' coding on the fin). After retirement she was bought by the Lightning Preservation Group and her final flight was to Bruntingthorpe on 24th June 1988. XR728 is very well looked after by the LPG and performs regular fast taxi runs on the long runway at Bruntingthorpe airfield. She's seen here at the Cold War Jets open day, September 15th 2002. Check out the LPG website for details of open day dates when you can see the LPG's pair of Lightnings performing. Just remember your ear defenders, a Lightning going past 30 feet away with both burners lit is a noisy beast to say the least!

Information on this page current as of 19/10/2008

Find other photos of XR728 on the following sites:

Air-Britain - Airliners.net - Airplane-Pictures.net - flickr.com - IrishAirPics.com - JetPhotos.net - PlanePictures.net - Vertical Reality

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ian loasby from DERBY	Posted at 12:01am on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Can you let me know the 2010 dates for the fast taxi demo's please