Lightning back in the air

摘要

Thunder City's English Electric Lightning T.5 XS452/ZU-BBD made an unexpected return to the air from Cape Town International Airport on January 14 with Mike Beachy Head at the controls, reports John Miller. It was the first time that a Lightning had been in the air since the Thunder City proprietor, Mike Beachy Head, flew Lightning F.6 XR773/ ZU-BEW back to Cape Town from Overberg on November 15, 2009, the day after Thunder City's other Lightning T.5, XS451/ZU-BEX, crashed at the Overberg Air Show, killing pilot, Dave Stock.