ZF581
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Manufacturer: | English Electric |
Model: | Lightning F.53 Search all English Electric Lightning F.53 |
Year built: | 0000 |
Construction Number (C/N): | 95280 |
Aircraft Type: | Fixed wing multi engine |
Number of Seats: | 1 |
Number of Engines: | 2 |
Engine Type: | None |
Registration Number: | ZF581 |
Current Status: | Preserved |
Owner: | British Aerospace |
Address: | Rochester (RCS / EGTO), United Kingdom |
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Built for the Royal Saudi Air Force (as 53-675), she was bought back to BAC in the 1980s in a unsuccessful attempt to sell her on to the Austrians. Sold to a private owner, then to Marine Salvage in Portsmouth, then back to BAC (now BAe) in 2000. After a four year restoration, she's now one of the most pristine Lightnings anywhere in the world. |