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Published: 2012-12-16 22:17:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2016; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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The English Electric Lightning ZF579 sits at Gatwick Aviation Museum, United Kingdom. She is gradually being renovated back to a fully-working status.--
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My all time Fave Aircraft!
Great shot and I'm glad to see she is being restored..
Rob
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Thanks for the comment and 
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Thanks griffonmeister! A bit of PP needed to bring them out, but it worked quite nicely.
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I remember when the sale to Saudi Arabia was made. I wondered, is that the best they can do?
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I thought at the time that it would have been more prestigious to sell them to a major European, South American or Asian country, but the Saudis actually put them to use against the Egyptians and Yemenis.
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Gritty. I love the weathered-look on them there panels. 
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That'll be where it's stuck outside 365 days a year! Thanks for the
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Yep! ZF579 was exported to the Royal Saudi Arabian Airforce.
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