Aircraft Photo of XM172 | English Electric Lightning F1A | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #886435
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:XM172
Aircraft Original Type:English Electric Lightning
Aircraft Generic Type:English Electric Lightning
Aircraft Version:English Electric Lightning F1A
C/n (msn):95059
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:High Wycombe - Wycombe Air Park / BookerMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGTB   IATA: HYC   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:2000
Photo from:Jeff Peck Collection (via Tim Spearman)
Photo ID: 886435
Photo Comment

Former RAF Coltishall gate guard Lightning bought by Parkhouse Aviation at Booker in 1999. Plans to display the aircraft on a roundabout at Farnborough came to nothing and the aircraft was sold to an owner at Spark Bridge Cumbria in April 2006. Still present there at time of upload. (photographer unknown)

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