View Full Version : Dog ugly
Fliegenmong
20th Jan 2012, 12:16
Some serious performance though..........I know this has been discussed before but.....still, ugly full of grunt beast and a bitch to land!
The POMS own pig.....
E.E. LIGHTNING PROMO 1960s - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=j3xVAxBM4RI)
But not because it has its nose down amongst the weeds.....
diginagain
20th Jan 2012, 12:49
Beauty is, as they say, in the eye of the beholder.
Evanelpus
20th Jan 2012, 13:04
Don't be so hard on yourself Flieg, I'm sure your not that bad. :hmm:
The operation to remove your eyelid from your rectum isn't too painful and once done, will remove your ****ty outlook on things. Only then will you realise the full beauty of the Lightning!:ok:
Ah! This were the days.
I had always wanted to be the "intelligence' behind the radar that.....'' (1.22'ish) but sadly never quite got to that level and had to just settle for flying it.:)
Evanelpus
20th Jan 2012, 16:05
You lucky so and so, BOAC:ok:
Oh dear, I can feel another 'frightening' thread coming on...........................
It is odd, really - I never set out as lad 'wanting' to fly it, but thoroughly enjoyed it when I did, and it never let me down despite all the problems it had, but the beastie I REALLY wanted to fly, the Harrier, did:confused:
just another jocky
20th Jan 2012, 16:13
He clearly missed the 'Lookout' lesson in Groundschool! :}
Halcyon days, eh?
"ugly full of grunt beast and a bitch to land!"
Never had trouble landing it myself and it was never ugly!!:cool:
Better than sex thats for sure!!:ok::ok::ok:
Better than sex thats for sure!! - and you could do it several times in a night and keep it up for quite a long time with a bit of help.
Courtney Mil
20th Jan 2012, 17:20
Better than sex thats for sure!!
You're proably doing it wrong, then!
Never flew the beast, but I can't say she was ugly. A fine part of British (excluding Scotland) aviation history.
TheWestCoast
20th Jan 2012, 17:51
Great stuff. Did they change the tires and the engines between every flight? ;)
ShyTorque
20th Jan 2012, 17:52
Aha, the lovely aircraft I signed up to fly. :ok:
Never got near one until I was lucky enough to park alongside them at the Last Lightning show in 1987! Bit late then... :(
Hammer Head Too
20th Jan 2012, 18:22
TWC
Did they change the tires and the engines between every flight?
Engines no but with a bad crosswind at Binbrook the main wheels got changed nearly every flight !!;)
HH2
Is it just me, or did it look as if the pilot in the vid was nodding off - and it seemed to be a long day into night sortie (I thought the average sortie was about the same length as the actual vid clip...:E).
Mister B
You're proably doing it wrong, then!
Never flew the beast, - so, can you be 100% sure................?
Arm out the window
20th Jan 2012, 20:23
The "Ron Burgundy" jazz flute at about 1:11 would be the clincher for me; where can I sign up?
MATELO
21st Jan 2012, 00:40
A good landing in a Lightning was a one you walked away from....
... according to one of their finest.
Dan Winterland
21st Jan 2012, 02:58
I love the bit where the narrator said "without a care in the world".
Except for the fuel guage!
grounded27
21st Jan 2012, 03:26
Better than sex thats for sure!!
The music reminded me of oldschool porn!! Nice share none the less, I got off on it!
ex-fast-jets
21st Jan 2012, 08:18
But surely sex lasted longer than a flight in a Lightning - even for you newt!! :E
Never Bomber..........even for me!!
I could of course give you a presentation on the longest and the shortest flight in a Lightning but I shall leave that to another day!!:ok::ok::ok:
Well, I had one 10 minute orgasm in a Mk 6:hmm:
Tankertrashnav
21st Jan 2012, 08:59
Remember going to a party in the mess at Gutersloh sometime in the 70's where they had imported a lot of totty for the occasion. First thing they'd ask you was "Are you a Lightning pilot?" Somehow, replying that you were a Victor nav didn't quite cut it, and they'd soon be looking over your shoulder in search of a sky god to chat up.
Had one ride in a T4 and I'd have swapped my job for theirs in a second, although judging by my later efforts in a Cessna 172 it's as well I was never given the chance! Thought the Lightning was a great looker, although I have met a few dog-ugly Lightning pilots ;)
Don't remember meeting you TTN..........
Brian 48nav
21st Jan 2012, 09:30
and you could do it several times in a night and keep it up for quite a long time with a bit of help.
I've often wondered about Mrs BOAC's enigmatic smile! I thought it was SATISFACTION, now I realise it was RELIEF.
Hope she's well
Brian
Brian 48nav
21st Jan 2012, 09:37
Mrs B48N says you're not that ugly BOAC - but not up to Herc nav standard of course!
pr00ne
21st Jan 2012, 10:11
The Lightning, yawn...
Leap off into the stratosphere, stick your head into a rubber tube for 20 mins and fly around in circles, land in a panic. Call that flying?
It was THE type none of us wanted on my role disposal from Valley, everyone was after the new wonderjets, the Harrier, Phantom and Buccaneer. All apart from one weirdo who WANTED Lightnings as he had a huge desire to go somewhere sunny, and had worked out you had more of a chance on the type (Akrotiri, Tengah) as opposed to the rest which were all in Eastern Britain or North West Germany.
I hear he actually liked Leuchars.
Leap off into the stratosphere, stick your head into a rubber tube for 20 mins and fly around in circles, land in a panic. - is there any other way? - and the rubber bit was GREAT, what with that AND a rubber suit.- NURSE!!but not up to Herc nav standard of course! - kind of her to say that, but I have always questioned her judgement...........:)
What a dull course you must have been on pr00ne!
Harrier Phantom and Bucaneer wonder jets!!!! I think not! Two had navigators and the other shorter range than a Lightning plus loads of days living in a tent!!
My vote goes to the man who went to Leuchars!!
pr00ne
21st Jan 2012, 10:39
newt,
They WERE the wonderjets of the late sixties! Lightning was viewed by us as a tired old has been lacking investment or development. and a type that was difficult to operate and you did very little REAL flying. Now, the lovely irony is that the guys who REALLY got the sort of flying we all lusted after in terms of hours flown and variety, went to Hunters at Muharraq/Sharjah. NONE of us wanted that old dog. How wrong we were!
Brian 48nav
21st Jan 2012, 10:59
Bravo BOAC, I bow to your superior wit! Remarkable after all those single-seat years having no-one to practise on.
By the time my child bride met her first 'Sky God' ( our mutual friend's school mate D*** R***e of 74) it was too late. To make up for her error she gave birth to a Sky God - well one of the milk-sipping variety.
Talking of him, he could hardly contain his excitement the other day when he flew on an air test in a K model and sat in my old seat!
So when did you go throuigh valley pr00ne? Might give me some idea as to where you are coming from on this!:confused:
pr00ne
21st Jan 2012, 12:40
newt,
Late 60's.
Remarkable after all those single-seat years having no-one to practise on. - how do YOU know I didn't talk to myself while keeping it up all night? At least I used to laugh at my jokes.in a K model and sat in my old seat - is the blue plaque still there...........................?
Well that narrows it down pr00ne! Same time as me and I seem to remember everyone being very pleased to get a Lightning post! But then again, there are always exceptions to the rule!!
The guys at MPC certainly kept us all entertained both on the airfield and in the Mess!! I certainly enjoyed my time on the beast!!
pr00ne
21st Jan 2012, 15:01
newt,
My memories of preferences and prejudices are obviously biased by my choice, which I got, of the toom.
I thought Valley a God awful place and was glad to get away. Don't recall much interaction with the STCAAME mob, don't recall much time for interaction with anyone to be honest. Bloody hard work and dire threats of what may happen if you fell below par, after all NOBODY wanted to go Vulcan or Canberra!
As an aside it was around then that an entire F-4 course went Vulcan, scary!
mikip
21st Jan 2012, 15:41
I suppose anything is a bitch to land if you don't know how to do it properly!
Brian 48nav
21st Jan 2012, 17:38
He was trying to tell me the wording was 'Brian got lost again here' - the cheek of the younger generation!
pr00ne
Schoolmate I joined with in '65 went to Vulcans from Valley '67, much to his disgust as he wanted the Frightening. To add insult to injury he didn't get a command when the time came.