Teenager, 16, joins grandad bringing history back to life as she helps restore Cold War-era fighter jet

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Teenager, 16, joins grandad bringing history back to life as she helps restore Cold War-era fighter jet.

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A 16-year-old girl has rolled up her sleeves and broken out the elbow grease to help her grandad bring a legendary Cold War-era fighter jet back to life.

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Grace Johnson, from Grimsby, has been working to restore the Lightning XR724 at the former Binbrook station near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire alongside her grandfather, Chris Johnson.Chris, a former RAF engineer, started his career at the Lincolnshire site at the age of 18 and found himself working on Lightnings within five years.Grace began visiting the historic aircraft with her grandad in 2021 and is now hands-on with the maintenance as part of the Lightning Association.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say She told the BBC: "We're trying to get her back to how she used to look, how she used to run, back when she was operating."There's a lot of 16-year-olds who won't have even touched a Lightning or seen one.

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Just to have that experience is really great."A few weeks ago, Grace was sent down into the aircraft for maintenance on one of...

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