Talk:Holden's Lightning flight

A fact from Holden's Lightning flight appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 April 2019 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that an engineer inadvertently took off in an English Electric Lightning fighter jet after engaging the afterburner by mistake?

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RAF Halton[edit]

Taffy Holden was OC Enginneering training Flight at RAF Halton in the mid to late 1970s!! I was there too, as an Appo!--Petebutt (talk) 13:12, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Pardon my RAF ignorance - what is an "Appo"? Icewhiz (talk) 13:22, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apprentice!! aka split brain.--Petebutt (talk) 16:02, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

Source #5 is heavily cited in the article - but it's a lulu.com-published work, meaning it violates WP:SPS. Can we find a better source here? - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:11, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]