In message , Huge
writes
On 2014-06-09, Adrian wrote:
In message , Chris J Dixon
writes
The Lightning doing a low pass and rapid climb was another
highlight.


Back in the late 70s, I visited Binbrook, and was able to watch a couple
of Lightnings take off at dusk. Got them rolling down the runway, then
hit the after burners, two big balls of flame travelling away from me at
great speed. Fantastic sight.

I used to fly to Copenhagen every Wednesday morning from Heathrow and more
often than not the aircraft in front of us was the morning Concord flight
to Washington. When he opened the taps for takeoff, everything in our
aircraft rattled & on a couple of occasions some of the overhead lockers
fell open. As he accelerated away down the runway you could see two things,
one impressive - into the exhausts of the engines, the mouth of Hell, one
less so - the huge plume of filth the thing chucked out the back.


Fantastic plane. Flew back from Monaco Grand Prix from Nice - just
before it crashed. Same pilot.

Taking off was like riding down the runway on a rocket.
--
bert