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So having read your description wouldn't work the main gun hasn't fired due to the Canopy restrictor holding the sear from firing. There a good chance that the initial pull pull fired the canopy jettison system then with the canopy gone the main gun will fire.

The one closer to the front of the tank was for the No1 engine starter motor exhaust.

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Sorry, is that more expense

this with a different body

From my time on Lightning's, Tornado's and Jaguar's All the markings both national and stencil's were painted on. Usually after the camo/main colours were applied. Sqn markings were applied at the respective sqn/station.

This come up regally. The legs could be different side to side on the same jet. Ranging from silver to a pail blue/grey colour. Has as been said the Bruntingthorpe jets have preservative applied to the U/C bays. As for the taxi light cover there was a bonded composite non clear outer section there the fixing located these used to erode with time.

Nope no RAF Tbirds had cranked wings.

Matchbox Tbird Lightning was a T55 based on the F6 but export only. the Saudi T55 cam back to the UK with Military Serials and UK national markings.

Or intake blank as its called.

Its not embedded its glued on the inner surface of the canopy. The was a RAF pilot flying possibly Harrier or Hawk that had a bird strike on the canopy, the canopy disintegrated and left the MDC draped around the pilots shoulder and neck area.

Both the Harrier and The Buccaneer had canopy breakers fitted to the top of the seats just incase the MDC didn't fire.

I very much doubt it, there classed as an operational trainer, but doubt they've been in any operational theatre.

The ones at Binbrook stopped short of the doors. In RAF Germany QRA was help by the Bucc's Jag's and Tornado's and had a totally different set up, Namely a secure compound and no lone zones around the aircraft. there aircraft themselves had a RAF Police guard too. Mainly because of the weapon (special) that was loaded on the aircraft. QRA in Germany never got scrambled. The UK QRA style (I.E. interception of intruders) was called Battle Flight in Germany. There was a pair of Battle flight sheds at Gut and the Phantoms at Wildenrath had battle flight HAS.

Your nose wheel trough is way two short

On the Lightnings a standard see off crew was two people but whilst on Q you had at least two Lineys (guys that work out on the Flightline) one from each trade Engines, Airframe, electrician, air radar and a JNCO and a SNCO, so one each of the Lineys would go to each of the jets to strap the pilot in, the other would split between the two jets ( we always crewed both jets on a launch just in case of issues). When the jet launched there was a trough that guided the nose wheel out but you had a guy on each wingtip giving you the clearance.....once the wingtips were clear it was full speed to the runway.

RAF Binbrook's QRA sheds were slightly different, the accommodation block was inline with the end of the sheds. As you entered the accommodation block (the only way in) there was a short corridor with four doors, two on the left one on the right and one at the end of the short corridor this door went straight to the aircraft. The one on the right lead to the pilots sitting room within there was another door this led to the pilots sleeping room two single beds. The first door on the left led to a another short corridor off this corridor was four doors one to the kitchen one to the loo's and showers and another the the groundcrews lounge the fourth door was into an L shaped room this was the ground crew sleeping quarters (8 single beds). The second door on the left (main corridor) also led into the ground crew sleeping quarters. Dont know any measurement's but there was 8 ground crew and two aircrew so it gives you an idea of size.

Stunning example. Remember that day oh so well too was riding brakes whilst taking a jet to the reheat pan for reheat runs, watched AD crewed by "Tetley" take off as we were doing the runs we heard over the radio that AD had crashed only finding out the fate of Martin later. Remember seeing the bent and broke jet in ASSF/LESF hangar a few months later on. From reports received on the Sqn martin was still alive when rescued but passed away in the ASR chopper on the way to Hospital (RAFH Ely).

First job on your fitter course was amend all the AP's you'd been issued with.

why would they rivet it to the structure. may be this was after service ?

Well after the 82 war.

Err the photo with the ballast fitted is taken looking rearwards. That access hole is actually a light and a button, when the G90 camera was reloaded with a film cassette, you had to press the button and allow the light to flash a few times sort of motoring the film on.

The nose gear bay is substantial it is also the lower mounting point for the whole of the radar bullet assembly.

That's more of a wax oil type coating the LPG had applied, is service there was a great deal of grease splattered around from U/C retractions and of course the regular washes and the routine servicing. I love the little white box in the piccy, you very seldomly spotted one without a key and a long red and white pennant on it. That's the last thing to be removed before the jet taxis out.

How about XR770 in NMF when she wore Saudi markings. here