British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F.Mk.6

British Aircraft Corporation Lightning F.Mk.6

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03/31/2008. Originally built as a Lightning F.Mk.3, this aircraft was first flown on March 17, 1965 by BAC test pilot Desmond ‘Dizzy’ De Villiers from Samlesbury, Preston. Subsequently it was converted to a Lightning F.Mk.6, and delivered to the RAF in September 1967. It flew with Squadrons No. 23 and 56, the Lightning Training Flight, Squadrons 5 and 11, before it was purchased by the Lightning Preservation Group. It was flown to Bruntingthorpe on June 24, 1988.

XR728 and XS904, another preserved Lightning F.Mk.6, occasionally make high-speed taxi-runs in front of the public.


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03/31/2008. Originally built as a Lightning F.Mk.3, this aircraft was first flown on March 17, 1965 by BAC test pilot Desmond ‘Dizzy’ De Villiers from Samlesbury, Preston. Subsequently it was converted to a Lightning F.Mk.6, and delivered to the RAF in September 1967. It flew with Squadrons No. 23 and 56, the Lightning Training Flight, Squadrons 5 and 11, before it was purchased by the Lightning Preservation Group. It was flown to Bruntingthorpe on June 24, 1988. XR728 and XS904, another preserved Lightning F.Mk.6, occasionally make high-speed taxi-runs in front of the public.