| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | ZU-BEW |
| Alternate Serial: | XR773 |
| Military Code: | BR |
| Aircraft Original Type: | English Electric Lightning |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | English Electric Lightning |
| Aircraft Version: | English Electric Lightning F6 |
| C/n (msn): | 95238 |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Cape Town - InternationalMap |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FACT IATA: CPT Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1 October 2008 |
| Photo by: | Geurt van den Berg |
| Photo ID: | 876772 |
| Photo Comment |
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Registration ZU-BEW not visible Picture taken in the Thunder City hangar at Capetown International . Thunder City was well known for owning the largest civilian collection of former military jet aircraft in the world . Following a fatal accident in 2009 in which an English Electric Lightning ( ZS-BEX ) crashed at an airshow the company ceased flying operations . This photo is copyright © Geurt van den Berg, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 December 2025, and has since been viewed 5 times. |