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When I was a kid my dad used to take us to a beach in Scotland next to an airfield where English Electric Lightnings were based.
We would sit playing in the sand until they started to warm up. We could tell as we could hear this incredible roar in the distance.
Everyone would gather by the fence and watch. The planes would hurtle towards us coming into view just as they were a few feet off the ground, then they would just go straight up like a rocket, and disappear into the sky a minute or so later as the whole earth shook. I can remember almost nothing else about those holidays. We got to see them close up once too, all polished alloy. Amazing things.