Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
and he had a few hours on Chipmunks as well.
He had his wings as I recall but chose to continue on an Engineering path as was his original intention and had no piloting experience in a jet.
Wing Commander "Taffy" Holden ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING Inadvertent Take Off Incident
Audio Interview with lightening related stills.
Quite Poor sound but it's only 5 mins.
A Memorable Fright - Beds & Herts Counties - The Royal British Legion.
This contains the text of an article written by Wing Commander Holden describing the incident in detail.
Astonishingly, the aircraft is preserved in the Imperial War Museum.
http://www.********************************/lightning/survivor.php?id=30
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings#co#uk/lightning/survivor.php?id=30
replace hashes with dots to get URL.