BAE Samlesbury marks its ‘gate guardians’

Posted on - 6th May, 2018 - 12:00pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Grimsargh, Nostalgia, Preston News

You know you’re at BAE when you see the ‘gate guardians’.

As part of the Royal Air Force’s 100th year celebrations the aerospace firm has commissioned pictures of its Lightning planes.

The full-scale replicas at the gates of the Samlesbury plant represent the first British jet to fly twice the speed of sound before entering into active service in 1959.

The planes during the day at BAE's gates — The planes during the day at BAE’s gates

It was at Samlesbury where the first three prototypes of the original Lightning were built.

Preston in pictures

Open Plaque - Preston [The Old Cock Pit] 250213

Open Plaque - Preston [Sir Richard Arkwright] 250213

Preston {Listed Building GradeII*] - Arkwright House 250213

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