So this Sunday we decided to go for a drive and we were then fortunate enough to go to Thunder City and take in the scenery, why I forgot to take my camera with is still beyond me! But I had my cell phone which can take something resembling photos, and only a few due to low memory. So please excuse the low quality, but here is what I saw, the four Lightnings got my attention and there were also a few Hawker Hunters and Buccaneers there along with a few other aircraft - all in flying condition too!! In particular I felt very privileged to be in the presence of FOUR almost daily operated Lightnings!! And since it was Sunday I even had the task of helping tow two of them back into the hanger!!
Hopefully in a few weeks time I will get to see them in action at the TFDC fly-in.
Now I seem to remember I said some time ago, I would love to have the opportunity (and money) to fly in the lightning at Thunder City but someone said something along the lines of "you wouldn't if you knew what I knew"
I still wonder what that is!! :think:
Nigel.
I used to be an optimist but with age I am now a grumpy old pessimist.
Nigel H-J wrote:Great photos thanks for showing Philip.
Now I seem to remember I said some time ago, I would love to have the opportunity (and money) to fly in the lightning at Thunder City but someone said something along the lines of "you wouldn't if you knew what I knew"
I still wonder what that is!! :think:
Nigel.
Thanks.
Well, it ain't cheap - I don't have the most fantastic car but still decent I'd say, and I don't think I would be able to afford even one of their cheaper flips if I were to porn off my car for the joy-ride ticket!! Plus I've heard that it's a raw experience, don't expect it to be like your average rollercoaster day excursions - most people spend hours or a day or so recovering from the "ordeal". And if you are a smoker, don't for at least a day before you go up - affects the way your body absorbs oxygen or something to that extent. Where do I sign up??? LOL
How could I resist not posting! - such a fantastic aircraft!! Such a shame that we're unlikely to ever see these beasts fly again in the country of their birth :-(
You was the best there ever was.
