Non-motoring > English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Bigtee Replies: 13
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New Sat 2 Jul 11 12:34 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Bigtee
forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=110118


This ATC unit is offering a cockpit does require some work and has been outside for years covered up in winter, scroll down for better pictures posted up later.

The unit seems unsure of the best way of selling it but would look great in the conservatory. :-)
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New Sat 2 Jul 11 19:20 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - spamcan61
Bournemouth Aviation museum have the front part of a Lightning stuffed and mounted, I'd never realised just how incredibly cramped the cockpit is until I had a go in it a few weeks back; I'm 5-11 and medium build, I only just fit:-

tinypic.com/r/9kvtq8/7
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 11:55 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - R.P.
Just been out to measure my hard-standing (for a shed arriving on Tuesday) - seems this would fit rather nicely...:-)
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 12:10 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Zero
www.russianmilitary.co.uk/news-story.php?id=10

This would look much better.
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 12:23 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Bigtee
The sale for this is to run for upto 3 weeks.

That russian site has many goodies from time to time.
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 19:16 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Alastairw
The lightning cockpit (and other planes of that era I think) is notoriously cramped. Tis said that if the pilot ever had to eject he would land sans legs as the would not come out cleanly.
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 20:10 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - spamcan61
>> The lightning cockpit (and other planes of that era I think) is notoriously cramped. Tis
>> said that if the pilot ever had to eject he would land sans legs as
>> the would not come out cleanly.
>>
Given that the instrument panel started pretty much level with my knees I couldn't work out how on earth you could eject from the Lightning, presumably the seat must've ejected at 45 degrees or summat.
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 21:28 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - WillDeBeest
I have a picture of me, taken at the Midland Air Museum in Coventry, seated in the Meteor cockpit they have on display there. I was presently surprised by the leg and shoulder room on offer, but I could only ever have flown the thing with the lid open, and I suspect that may be Against Regulations.
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 21:34 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - spamcan61
Well as it happens here's me on the same day, with the same pair of legs, sitting in a Hunter - seems palatial compared to the Lightning:-

tinypic.com/r/1pbjfq/7
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New Sun 3 Jul 11 21:40 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Alastairw
Saw some Hunters in action yesterday, as it happens. They make a loverly noise when passing at speed.

Other highlights of Waddington 2011:

USAF Thunderbirds - though their coomentator was a bit overblown
Tornado role demo, complete with explosions.
BBMF
Fantastic fun display by a single Chinook - didn't know they were so agile.
The Red Arrow (of course - and much better than the Americans)
XH558 - What a noise!
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New Sun 28 Aug 11 18:02 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - darkknight
Hi,

Is this still for sale?

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New Mon 29 Aug 11 09:09 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - Bigtee
No it was sold at the buy it now price ages ago.
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New Tue 30 Aug 11 14:12 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - TheManWithNoName
There's a whole one parked up looking sorry for itself at Andrewsfield airfield, Great Saling, Essex. You can see it on Google Earth.
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New Tue 30 Aug 11 14:43 
 English Electric Lightning cockpit for sale. - devonite
We`ve still got one up here! - I Think! never heard of it being on the move since anyway!

www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/not-your-average-garden-ornament-1.487401?referrerPath=home/2.3320
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