Indeed, the solo Lightning display was a pretty traditional feature at most air shows. Can't imagine an Air Tattoo (you know, the real Air Tattoos they used to have at Greenham) without one. Hard to imagine a BofB At Home day without one as well!
Think my biggest regret was spending a day outside Waddington during a Priory exercise, when all the Phantoms launched together (Coningsby was having the runway resurfaced at the time). I was impressed by all those Phantoms but when the guys arrived from Binbrook and told me that all the Lightings had scrambled at the same time (and they did mean all of them) I was a bit miffed!
Still, at least I managed to go supersonic in XS458 back in the happy days when she flew rather than taxied! Ahh, nostalgia ain't what it used to be...