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     The Story of The English Electric Lightning

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     English Electric Lightning F53 (53-671) Engine Run - 5th May 2018 - Gatwick Aviation Museum

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   Aug 5, 2017 · Gatwick Aviation Museum The English Electric Lightning is a supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, which was...

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   English Electric Lightning (later BAC Lightning) - a British supersonic fighter aircraft from the 1960s, produced at English Electric (from 1960 British Aircraft Corporation) and 339...

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   The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › English_Electric_LightningEnglish Electric Lightning - Wikipedia

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   The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It is capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric.

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   Feb 4, 2024 · Simply achieving such speeds in any scenario is quite a feat for an aircraft with origins in the late 1940s, but the Lightning couldn't just hit 1,500 miles per hour.

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   Feb 12, 2024 · Discover the BAC Lightning, a British marvel by English Electric, Mach 2+ speeds, and unmatched agility. 329 were built, serving until 1988.

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   How fast can a 'Lightning' aircraft go?

   • Further considering the subtitle "Lightning," you'd expect this English Electric creation to be quite the speedy aircraft. This certainly proved to be the case, as it was capable of reaching 1,500 miles per hour, per National Museums Scotland.

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   What was the top speed of a BAC Lightning?

   • It was capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric. After EE merged with other aircraft manufacturers to form the British Aircraft Corporation it was marketed as the BAC Lightning.

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   What is the English Electric Lightning?

   • The English Electric Lightning belongs even today amongst the most successful interception fighters, and it was the first British aircraft to fly at twice the speed of sound. Yet at first, the Lightning as the P.1 was only a research airframe to examine flight attitude in the supersonic arena.

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   Was the British Lightning a good aircraft?

   • The Lightning, then, was a technically impressive aircraft indeed. Though its primary purpose ultimately didn't come to pass, it was an enormous step forward for British aviation in particular. The English Electric Lightning jet was a British interceptor aircraft used from the 1960s to 1980s. Here's what we know about this impressive fighter.

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   What was the first British aircraft to have twice the speed of sound?

   • Image from Wikipedia The English Electric Lightning was the first operational British aircraft capable of achieving twice the speed of sound. It was an unusual design with two turbojets mounted one above the other in the fuselage and the cockpit placed on top of the nose intake.

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   How fast did the Lightning fly in 1958?

   • On 28 November 1958, with a high tropopause and low −67 °C at 40,000 feet (12,000 m), Beamont achieved Mach 2.0 (2,125 km/h; 1,320 mph) in a British aircraft for the first time. This was reached only 7 minutes after takeoff, but the record dash left the Lightning critically short of fuel.

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   Jun 9, 2021 · With a speed of over Mach 2, more than twice the speed of the Hunter, the technologically advanced Lightning was the RAF’s first truly supersonic aircraft. Its initial climb rate of 50,000ft per minute and ceiling of over 60,000ft made it an exceptional interceptor.