More of Leconfields Lightning days

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Fred Martin
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Post by Fred Martin »

You can never have too many Lightning photographs , so as I have most of them scanned now , here's another selection of W.E.W. Petters masterpiece shot at my local during a couple of deployments here of the Binbrook Wing in 1973 & 1976 , plus a few visitors . All photographed using Praktica Nova and LTL cameras on Kodachrome film .

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What quality they are simply superb Fred, thank's for shareing them with all of us :clap: :clap:
looking forward to your next selection :heyhey:
regards Chris

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Top quality as ever Fred, what sort of time scale were these taken?

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Do you have a time machine and went back with a digital camera? Super sharp and fantastic viewing, great post.

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Didnt they look great in natural metal! :tongue:

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Stunning set some of the best i have seen in ages.

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Great stuff and great quality. :clap: :clap:

What scanner do you use?

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Just like to repeat that word stunning, stunning shots and stunning scanning, what a treat to view these................................

cheers Fred

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Not enough superlatives to describe - awesome Fred :yahoo:

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Awesome Fred, what else can I say, thanks for sharing.

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Just superb. As has already been said they look clean and colourful enough to have been taken recently. Scanning's always a bit of a chore but with a subject like the Lightning very rewarding. :clap:

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Ah! Lightnings as God intended them to be........ in natural metal :biggrin: Splendid stuff!
Cheers Phil

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Superb photos. And what a beauties they were.

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What a pleasure to view!

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Graf Zeppelin wrote:Ah! Lightnings as God intended them to be........ in natural metal :biggrin: Splendid stuff!


Amen to that! Great set Fred - thanks for scanning and posting. :clap: :clap:

Andy :smile:

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Phworr, :love: they don't get much better than this.
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Certainly cleared up a mystery for me - I always swore I'd seen Lightning's at Leconfield but having read in Action Stations 4 that the fighter squadrons moved to Germany in 1965 simply assumed I'd dreamt it all as that was the year I was born! Great pictures, thanks for sharing them with us.

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Fred

Those really are the most sublime of photos and how I would have loved to have seen Lightnings flying operationally in those high vis schemes.

What also really impresses me is the quality of your scans. I'm in the market for a new slide scanner and I would love to know what kit and software you are using to produce such consistently excellent results.

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Excellent shot's Fred, :clap: like the last photo of the stripped down Lightning
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Looking at XS919 makes you realise how sleek the F6 was without the fuel tank!
As a matter of fact I always thought the F6 was a fabulous looking aircraft from the top or underside view,I squandered many a minute at the airshow stalls and looking through magazine ads in the 1970s searching for that elusive top or underside shot!.....for me the Lightning F6 went from a mean chubby machine to a mean racing machine! :wink:

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hi fred
i remember them well,down at the old crashgate

60mu

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A wonderful set of photos of a beautiful aircraft, superbly scanned. Many thanks for posting them.

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Fred these are just Fantastic, i was also at the last Lightning show at Binbrook in 87. In your vast collection do you have any photos from Wyton?

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Oh how i wish i could've witnessed this! Superb set, thanks for posting. :win:
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Oh my goodness, what a set, that first is simply a stunner....the whole set is outstanding, thanks for sharing with us, Ciaran
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