First Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Open Day of 2024 announced: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-war-jet-collection-open-day-bruntingthorpe-tickets-823929985767
The Solway Aviation Museum plan on saving the very last Blackburn Beverley, and are crowdfunding to raise funds: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/dougie-kerr
Spotty Jag rejoins 6 Squadron! https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-lossiemouth/news/spotty-jaguar-unveiled-as-raf-lossiemouths-6-squadron-marks-110th-anniversary/
Mark 30 years since the Buccaneer retired from the RAF by feeding a pair of living breathing Buccs... March 30th 2024: https://www.the-buccaneer-aviation-group.com
Bournemouth Aviation Museum are crowdfunding to try and raise £40,000 to pay to move Sea Vixen XP924 from Yeovilton to Hurn - can you help? https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/project-cvix---back-to-base
Look I know it's not a jet, but blimey, just look - a flying Hawker Tempest! 'PR533' / G-TEMT at Sywell today...
More noisy engine run goodness! Gatwick Aviation Museum are running their Lightning and Shackleton on September 16th 2023 - see https://www.gamc.org.uk/post/our-double-engine-run-event-is-on
September 16th 2023 - another cold war jets engine run event at Bruntingthorpe... tickets selling quick!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bruntingthorpe-cold-war-jet-open-day-tickets-693169507657
Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Open Day - 29th April 2023… albeit in a slightly different guise...
Limited spaces available.
Follow the link posted to purchase tickets, there will be NO tickets available on the gate. So please book online to avoid disappointment.
All T&C’s available on the link.
The teams can’t wait to welcome you back!
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-war-jet-open-day-bruntingthorpe-tickets-516212695067
Superb news from Cornwall - the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre look to have arranged themselves a new home not far from their current site: https://www.facebook.com/CornwallAHC/posts/pfbid0Lsg3bUkZsKgf71WvUiKxHWBHpW8d9ouXJ4eCV1SY8zEcLLFMV52SEaaw7ceCsLVwl
When it's mid-December with a scattering of snow on the ground, frosty mornings, frozen locks on the car... it always brings back memories of the last days of the Harrier force. Retired too early, and much missed. Harrier will be the next type added to Thunder & Lightnings... #RAF #FAA #RoyalNavy #RoyalAirForce #AvGeek #Harrier #JumpJet
A fantastic addition to the IWM collection at Duxford - Vickers Valiant XD826 forward fuselage section arrived today, along with Victor XH669 nose (a Falklands/Black Buck veteran). #VickersValiant #HandleyPageVictor #RoyalAirForce #AvGeek #VBombers
The Avro Heritage Museum at Woodford now have an Avro 707 'baby Vulcan': https://www.facebook.com/avroheritagemuseum/posts/pfbid0nMbyDJb5WJv2E3vd1H9EVySaEsinGBrN3F3E2UPCo8yrMkeP7ySPfonEfwW5cwLul
#introduction from me - I'm Damien Burke, I run Thunder & Lightnings - www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk - a website about cold war military aviation in the UK. This account will mostly post related news and any significant updates from the T&L website.
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