Thunderous Lightning

The Lightning Preservation Group at Bruntingthorpe Airfield organised an double twilight scramble with external and internal floodlit Q-Shed photo opportunities featuring XR728 and XS904 scrambling from the Q-Shed. A really well organised and fascinating event.

Inside the QRA shed




The sense of power is palpable even now from an aircraft designed not long after the RAF was flying Spitfires




The Brutal reality , the seeker head of the Hawker Siddeley Red Top was the third indigenous British air-to-air missile to enter service,




Out on the runway both of the afterburners of both Rolls-Royce Avon engines lit up




Not the best image but evocative




The pair make the long run back




Pushing back to the QRA Shed




An evocative pair of Images of an Iconic piece of aviation history

Nice set of images.

Nice! It's a shame like the Vulcan they only fast taxi now and don't get airborne. Glad they're being preserved. I remember as a lad my dad taking me onto the camp at St. Athans where there was a field like a plane scrapyard with them left to rot away

Hi
Really like the second one,like Gareth says pity it isn't flown
You have to got to South Africa to see them fly

Wonderful aircraft and what a great evening.