Have been following this great thread with interest. Love all the stories!
I remember going to airshows as a kid and seeing these huge beasts, along with Lightnings too- aahh the days when aircraft made a proper noise!
Talking of which, and going slightly off thread, I remember being at weston super mare airfield back in the 70s as a Lightning was doing it's stuff at the airshow. At that time, the crowd line was at the runways' edge. It ended with a VERY low level pass and vertical climb! The NOISE!
the ground shook like an earthquake.. still think about it now... any ideas which a/c it was, and who would've been driving? Must've been somewhere around '76-'78.
Someone mentioned there was a specific Lightning thread here somewhere, but couldn't find it.
Andy