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A Small Step Toward Positive Future For Binbrook Lighting XR724

May 2, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 9

By Chris Frear After a winter of hard work in their new hangar, Saturday April 28th marked a milestone for members of the Lightning Association when their English Electric Lightning F.6 XR724 was rolled outside […]

Lightning XR724’s Hangar Opening

October 27, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 2

By Chris Fear Over the weekend of October 21 and 22, a low-key two-day event took place at Binbrook, a former RAF station airfield in rural Lincolnshire, England. With the official opening of the new […]

New Home For Lightning XR724

August 21, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 8

By Chris Frear To the British aviation community, the English Electric Lightning is almost as iconic as the more widely known WWII era Supermarine Spitfire. But by the late 1980s, the Lightning a 50’s era […]

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A Small Step Toward Positive Future For Binbrook Lighting XR724

Lightning XR724’s Hangar Opening

New Home For Lightning XR724

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