English Electric Lightning, The British Cold War Supersonic Interceptor And Jet Fighter

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English Electric Lightning, The British Cold War Supersonic Interceptor And Jet Fighter

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[Gnomey]

Good one!

 

[Sabrejet]

Still raises the hairs on the back of my neck. My fondest memories are of seeing that red-spined T.5 at Boscombe Down rotating into the vertical and going straight up. I have rarely seen anything that rivals it for sheer awe. Maybe one day we'll see one back in the air so that others can see what it was like.

What's better than an F-104? Two F-104s stacked on top of each other.

 

[GTX]

I'll just leave this here...

 

[Admiral Beez]

In the Lightning, Petter essentially gave the RAF a 1960s era Me162 Komet. Incredible speed and rate of climb, but very short range.