English Electric Lightning - Survivor ZF595 (ex 55-714)
T.55 ZF595 - Lincair (fuselage, stored), Binbrook, Lincolnshire
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Lightning T.55 ZF595 at Binbrook, 5th April 2025; Jake Wallace
55-714 was first flown on 1st February 1968 and delivered to Coltishall for Saudi pilo training initially, in March 1968. She was delivered to Saudi Arabia on 11th July 1969 and served with the LCU and later 6, 13 and 2 Squadrons. She was one of several ex-Saudi aircraft bought back by BAe and flown back to Warton (as ZF595) in January 1986.
Stored on the airfield for some years, when it became clear there were no real buyers on the horizon, they sold them off for nominal fees and this one along with several others was purchased by Wensley Haydon-Baillie. With his bankruptcy in the mid 1990s, the collection ended up at Marine Salvage near Portsmouth. Lincair then acquired her and she is part of long-term project to rebuild a two-seater (a T.5 apparently) using this fuselage (though the big belly will be a problem!), the noses of XS457, ZF590, and other Lightning parts they have got hold of. As of 2025, it still remains at Binbrook, stored around the back of the hangar housing XR724, sat alongside it appears to be a set of wings.
Stored on the airfield for some years, when it became clear there were no real buyers on the horizon, they sold them off for nominal fees and this one along with several others was purchased by Wensley Haydon-Baillie. With his bankruptcy in the mid 1990s, the collection ended up at Marine Salvage near Portsmouth. Lincair then acquired her and she is part of long-term project to rebuild a two-seater (a T.5 apparently) using this fuselage (though the big belly will be a problem!), the noses of XS457, ZF590, and other Lightning parts they have got hold of. As of 2025, it still remains at Binbrook, stored around the back of the hangar housing XR724, sat alongside it appears to be a set of wings.
Information on this page current as of 07/04/2025, last updated by Jake |
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