20230315 (181)_XR753_English_Electric_Lightning_F6
Cold War classic British interceptor, a Lightning F6 among the 11 Squadron hardened aircraft shelters at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. I remember watching this Lightning in full afterburner takeoffs and vertical climb-outs at RAF Binbrook up on the Lincolnshire Wolds many years ago - happy days... XR753 bears the name of Wg Cdr Michael Graydon, later Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1992 to 1997.
20230315 (181)_XR753_English_Electric_Lightning_F6
Cold War classic British interceptor, a Lightning F6 among the 11 Squadron hardened aircraft shelters at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. I remember watching this Lightning in full afterburner takeoffs and vertical climb-outs at RAF Binbrook up on the Lincolnshire Wolds many years ago - happy days... XR753 bears the name of Wg Cdr Michael Graydon, later Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) from 1992 to 1997.