Bruntingthorpe - 23 March 2024

[stevep22]

Following on from my recent Lightnings post, here are some images of the rest of the aircraft in the compound at Bruntingthorpe.

20240323_090535 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091127 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091205 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091355 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091332 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091411 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091557 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091922 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091617 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091639 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091726 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

20240323_091915 by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

Very grateful for the opportunity to get in and snap them.

Cheers
Steve

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing these with us, very interesting selection of shots.

[paddyboy]

Good to see those old warhorses, Steve

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[roughcutter]

All credit to the sterling effort put in by the volunteers at Brunty, the airframes certainly look well cared for - tip-top condition I'm hoping against hope asking this
Is there any remote likelihood that we might ever get to see them charge down the runway again? Or is it definitely curtains (snowball in hell's chance )?

[stevep22]

They are opening up for a day in April and will be running some of the engines. Not sure if they'll be able to taxi in the forseeable future. They look to be pinned into their compound with cars everywhere else, including the runway I assume.

[binbrook87]

Really nice to see the airframes in good condition but such a shame they're 'inprisoned' in a compound. Very sad demise of the airfield activities as it once was

[quid21]

Really nice to see the airframes in good condition but such a shame they're 'inprisoned' in a compound. Very sad demise of the airfield activities as it once was

Yes its such a shame after all the great events, and the funding to move and reconstruct the QRA sheds to be unable to use the runway is sad to say the least.