LIGHTNING  GALLERY

 

 

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BRUNTY2.jpg (36973 bytes)    BRUNTY3.jpg (46804 bytes)    BRUNTY4.jpg (37923 bytes)    BRUNTY5.jpg (43471 bytes)    lightning-2_web.jpg (42818 bytes)        TANGMERE2.jpg (249557 bytes)

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  ZF579 IN SAUDI

SAUDI1.jpg (397820 bytes)    08/1970 after 2 years in storage at Jeddah, 53-671 at Dhahran air force base shortly after its work up, with 2SQ 203.

SAUDI2.jpg (350369 bytes)    Also 08/1970 after removal from storage.

SAUDI3.jpg (54032 bytes)    53-671 taxies out with its sister ship at Dhahran airfield Saudi. 

SAUDI4.jpg (31281 bytes)     671 now coded as C with 203SQ c. 1980

     

ZF579 AT WARTON

53-671warton.jpg (102449 bytes)    01/86    53-671, now coded ZF579 in RAF livery, on finals to Warton Aerodrome for storage.

WARTON-1.jpg (164488 bytes)    09/87. Zf579 deteriorating, some 18 months after its gleaming arrival at Warton. Outside storage is taking its toll already.

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WARTON-3.jpg (143209 bytes)    early 1988. Tucked up, but now over 2 years in outside storage, Zf579 is still suffering from the effects of  harsh esturine air.

WARTON-7.jpg (256279 bytes)

WARTON-4.jpg (275071 bytes)  Mid 1988, all but the jet pipe cover have long given up the fight, 579's steel fastenings are suffering badly

WARTON-8.jpg (228436 bytes)  Here, the strong winds that regularly battered 579 are clear to see, with the jet pipe cover taking a beating.

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WARTON-10.jpg (270806 bytes)    ZF579, waiting patiently along side its sister ships

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Above 5 pictures 04/1989. ZF579, starts to get a clean up. It will be dismantled and stored in the containers behind, for sale to Aiden Baille

 

 

ZF579 AT MARINE SALVAGE LIMITED   1998

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ZF579 AT GATWICK AVIATION MUSEUM  2000-2004

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