pt2 jaguar take off on highway in uk

[rtalbott]

ok folks now ive seen it all...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAVDOBWtBuU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

anyone know where this was???

[von_trippenhopf]

Certainly dropped it in quick over that bridge!

[andyxh558]

Wrong on Germany. It was near Warton on the then unopened M55 Motorway back in 1975?

[EF-111]

Sorry I don't know where it was, but it definately WASN'T Germany. The commentator clearly says "the first Jaguar to land on a stretch of British highway....."

Steve

[TB1]

Mr Tin,

Surely this was on the M55 in Lancashire.

Cheers

Trevor

[andyxh558]

Shortly before the M55 was due for completion, arrangements were made in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence, and the British Aircraft Corporation, for a Jaguar G R Mark 1(XX109) aircraft, from the Warton (Lancashire) Aerodrome, to land on the afternoon of Saturday, 26 April, 1975, on the road base of a section of carriageway near Weeton. After fitting four of the RAF's latest cluster bombs on the plane, it then took off from the motorway. The purpose was to demonstrate the Jaguar's ability to land and take off in short distances.

[ColintheCaterpillar]

http://goo.gl/maps/jidxR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Immediately south of Weeton, with a 5000ft or so straight, operating East to West if you look at the shadow on the video. If you go the streetview, you can recognise the bridge. It's bit different now, with a few more trees, and the embankments have been enlarged.