Abandoned Airfields No 4 Leconfield
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Abandoned Airfields No 4 Leconfield
As Leconfield will always be associated with the Lightning to most enthusiasts of my generation , what better reason is there to show a few more silver examples of this fabulous machine. Squadrons of them formed here , they were serviced here by 60MU , and they were even scrapped here . Now I'm starting to fill up ..... on with the pictures .
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Amazing photos, thanks for sharing !!
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Wow, what an amazing nice selection and very good quality of scanning. Keep them coming Fred
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Absolutely stunning Fred. They look like they could have been taken yesterday, such is the quality. Penultimate shot for me.
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Lovely shots Fred.
Would love to see more.
Would love to see more.
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Absolutely brilliant, can't wait for your next installment!
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Smashing!...love the natural metal finish Lightnings.
Bit sad to see XM177 in that state,It was the first Lightning I ever saw (as far as I'm aware anyway) It solo displayed at the Abingdon BoB show 1971
Bit sad to see XM177 in that state,It was the first Lightning I ever saw (as far as I'm aware anyway) It solo displayed at the Abingdon BoB show 1971
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Sheer class! What a plane that Frightning was
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Never mind picture of the week, this is thread of the week!
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Bloomin marvellous, can we have some more please.
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Fabulous shots Fred. Although it was only a couple of minutes flying time north of Binbrook I never got the opportunity to visit Leconfield - it took a bit longer by road (and even longer before the bridge !) You certainly had some fantastic vantage spots for runway etc. over there.
Thanks again for posting.
Cheers
Keith
Thanks again for posting.
Cheers
Keith
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And I was just thinking how good the Dominie thread was............!!!
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Superb. Surely you have the best collection of ground to air Lightning pics Fred??...
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Great Lightning shots Fred. Number 2 brings a tear to the eye. Number 5 is fantastic.
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Yes I would like you to remove your addition to my thread. See my PM.
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I was so gobsmacked by these superb Lightning shots I didn't even notice they were ever so slightly blue until Kev posted the "balanced" one. Another superb thread.
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The original white balance looks rather more likely to me - clearly a sunny day with the sun high in a cloudless blue sky, not a sunny day with a, er, grey sky and a yellow fog...!!
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Very hard to pick a favourite out of this selection, but I really like the smokey arrival shot of XR765. You can almost smell the rubber.
Superb set.
Superb set.
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Makes me wish I'd paid more attention to the Lightning while it was still around - and that I'd had a longer lens!
Superb photos.
Superb photos.
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Cracking set thats one aircrfat i would have loved to of seen flying
Canon 7Dmk2
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Canon 7D
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Icom ICR-2 Scanner
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What a set one before the last is ace can remember them about here in my younger days from Colt
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After a hard day at work and I come home and see photos like these,it makes me feel like nothing matters. Exquisite photos of an exquisite aeroplane,thankyou very much for posting.
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You have just made my day,if you have more please post.
all the best, Simon.
all the best, Simon.
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Jesus, some thing to keep us happy, fantastic again
Cheers,
Chris
Chris