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Old 21st Jun 2008, 16:03
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BEagle
 
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Jeremy Clarkson didn't actually have Lightning F Mk 1a XM172 in his garden for very long.

An ex-Coltishall gate guardian, it then went to Booker; subsequently there were plans for it to be displayed on a roundabout in Farnborough, but those fell through.

The last I heard, it had been bought by a private owner, Neil Airey, and is now in Cumbria having been reconstructed. Neil hopes to restore the aircraft to museum standard in the future, it seems.
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