English Electric Lightning

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Description: The English Electric Lightning (later the BAC Lightning) was a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, particularly remembered for its great speed and natural metal exterior. The Lightning was used throughout much of its service life by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. The aircraft was a stunning performer at airshows; it broke the world air-speed record and was the first aircraft capable of supercruise. The Lightning was one of the highest performance planes in formation aerobatics. In July 2006 the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was officially named "Lightning II" to distinguish it from English Electric Lightning and the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Share with friends
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accez24 ::: Favorites thats an excellent description of it lol ;) 07-05-27 16:10:09 _____________________________________________________
241stskipper ::: Favorites Damn love that plane! 07-06-06 16:52:14 _____________________________________________________
60039 ::: Favorites Lovely aircraft to fly. not so noisy as the Javlin but I much preferred the Hunter. Understand BAE Rochester have Lightning from 5sqn.(Saudi Arabia) on gate duty which is in pretty good condition. 07-06-06 17:38:19 _____________________________________________________
jobling1 ::: Favorites i worked on these in the 80s and still love them 07-06-16 16:22:35 _____________________________________________________
MrCrunch1 ::: Favorites Beautiful. Understand the Tornado pilots call you lot WIWOLS. Cause every conversation about planes goes "when I was on Lightnings..." Understandably so. 07-07-15 14:59:05 _____________________________________________________
partyboy202 ::: Favorites the song is by vangelis. pulsar i think. worked tornado (GR's) for 10 years and would have loved to have worked lightnings. awesome aircraft 07-07-18 11:52:15 _____________________________________________________
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blokezed ::: Favorites The automatic flight control system was a load of solenoid relays- a reliability nightmare. 07-07-21 19:15:50 _____________________________________________________
Semaj0 ::: Favorites fantastic video truly the golden age of flight 07-07-27 20:33:01 _____________________________________________________
terencehooper ::: Favorites last all brit fighter-name any up2scratch techno machine that could outperform it as an interceptor!? 07-07-27 23:54:06 _____________________________________________________
terencehooper ::: Favorites shackvan-am an ol man who was a mp at biggin-hill in1968 when when this package of thunder broke a lot of windows -bloody awesome! 07-07-28 23:08:12 _____________________________________________________