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Lightning Refuel by Michael Turner. - Cranston Military Prints

Lightning Refuel by Michael Turner.


Lightning Refuel by Michael Turner.

A Lightning interceptor takes on fuel from a Victor tanker.
Item Code : GT0078Lightning Refuel by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
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Open edition print. Paper size 24 inches x 17 inches (61cm x 43cm)none£40.00

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Lightning Legend by Michael Rondot 		No.5 Sqn and No.11 Sqn Lightnings intercept a Tu-95 Bear, supported by an essential Victor tanker. QRA, day and night, 24hrs a day, 7 days a week 52 weeks a year, 365 days a year - never a day off, always ready! Over and over again for so many years, the air defences of Britain were regularly tested by Russian Tu-95 Bears as they probed NATO airspace high above the North Sea.

Lightning QRA Intercept by Michael Rondot. 		Gerald Coulson's dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 of Treble One Squadron scrambles to intercept an unidentified intruder plotted on the RAF's early warning radar. Almost certainly it will be Russian, probably he will be escorted out of harms way, but the interceptor is armed with a pair of air-to-air missiles just in case. A superb collector print for all who remember one of the greatest British fighters ever built.

A Bolt for the Blue by Gerald Coulson. 		Flew the Lightning with No.23, No.11 and No.92 Sqn from 1967 til 1977 before taking up instructing roles on the Jet Provost and Hawk. He then instructed pilots in the air force of Oman until 1999 before joining BAe Systems.

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