Unusual garden ornament spotted

[CrazyFrog]

I spotted this in a back garden in Haxey, North Lincs when stopping with my Sister in law over the new year. You can just imagine the conversation with his Mrs - "it's just a small aviation souvenir I thought would make a nice garden ornament darling"....

[spooky]

On Yes !!!! I want one

[Moto63]

I’d be happy with just the ejector seat 🤣🤣

[CrazyFrog]

I’d be happy with just the ejector seat 🤣🤣

Hahahaha 😂😂

[SteveC#222]

There is a house in Wragby that has a life size 10 foot high fibreglass Moa bird in the front garden!

[Steve Lake]

And what a fantastic aircraft the lightning was, made mincemeat of the opposition, even thrashed the phantom (American replacement) in trials , I know , I was there .... only reason the phantom got the job was, it was a better weapons platform ....
And don’t get me started on the TSR2 ....

[Rossco500]

Now that's the kind of modern art installation I can appreciate!
I seem to recall seeing some kind of jet in a field on the way to last year's rally venue The Red Lion.
There's a lad not far from where I live with a large collection of military memorabilia who has a replica WW1 tank outside his house. Someone else has a couple of ex-Northern Ireland Railway carriages in his garden in the middle of the countryside - no idea how he got them there!

Regards

Tony

[themoudie]

A wonderfully impressive bit of kit when operational.

Halton air show 1958 and again at Mildenhall open day 1972. Low level beat up down the runway, get to the end, stick it on it's tail, pour the fuel in through the afterburners and climb vertically until lost in the great blue yonder. WONDERFULL! 

Yes, I would have one in the garden for the Zen zone!

Regards, Bill

[CrazyFrog]

In my mind I can still hear the wonderful sound from airshows back in the day. As you say Bill, a low pass over the runway,  pull the nose up at the same time as sticking the afterburners on and go up like a fncking rocket. AFAIK, lightning still hold some records for rate of climb to this day...

[themoudie]

Give this a wee watch on YouTube.

Lightning_flying_South_Africa

Regards,Bill

[mthee]

And don’t get me started on the TSR2 ....

TSR2?

[Ian]

Mthee, don't get Steve started. The plane or what remains of it is in RAF Cosford museum. Google it and find out how stupid politicians really can be 🙄

PS.       

[iansoady]

Many years ago when returning from my first long distance bike trip (to Greece) I was for some reason in East Anglia where there was an air show in progress. One of the planes was a Vulcan which was banking almost vertical as it made a tight turn. It was going so slowly that it seemed inevitable it would fall out of the sky, and the sound was absolutely bloodcurdling.

Having said that I hold no brief for the destruction that these things could unleash although I suppose that is dwarfed by what is around nowadays.

[johnburnsd]

whilst playing golf at Craigie Hill Perth with my cousins in the 60's a Vulcan flew over us. Great noise and it seemed so low that we could have hitit with our T shots!

[johnr]

lightnings used to take off for test flights from bae salmsebury near preston, they were quickly banned from doing the take off and vertical climb because they were melting the tarmac on the end of the runway!
theres a garage near preston on the road to kirkham, and behind it is a business whos owners hobby is classic aircraft, he runs a vietnam huey chopper as his runaround, but parked in the corner of the car park is a wessex air sea rscue helecopter and a complete lightning plane, he also has some armoured vehicles as well as artillery pieces.