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13 July 1984 – Lightning F6 XS920 of No. 5 Squadron RAF hit high tension cables 15 miles north of Hemslingen, Germany during combat practice with a United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt. The pilot was killed.
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 was capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric.
From 1963 the official aerobatic team of the Royal Air Force became the Firebirds which fly nine English Electric Lightning F.Mk 1A aircraft. In 1964 the Firebirds aerobatic display team was ...
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From 1963 the official aerobatic team of the Royal Air Force became the Firebirds which fly nine English Electric Lightning F.Mk 1A aircraft. The team was from No 56th Squadron at Wattisham, Suffolk as all planes were painted in the squadron's paint scheme in overall silver and red tail.
Apr 13, 2014 · Lightning Aerobatics (1963) British Pathé. 3.14M subscribers. 300. 28K views 9 years ago. Wattisham, Suffolk. ...more. Wattisham, Suffolk. LV. Pilots of No 56 Squadron leaving their briefing room ...
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Feb 15, 2022 · Equipped with nine ground-shaking English Electric Lightnings, ‘The Firebirds’ of 56 Squadron were one of the RAF’s most revered aerobatic teams of all time. Hugh Trevor recalls their halcyon days.
Nov 18, 2015 · For twenty nine years it thundered over British skies as a brutish deterrent to would-be attackers. Ian Black flew this over-powered monster for the Royal Air Force in the final years of the Cold War. Here he shares the secrets of flying and fighting in Britain’s final jet fighter.
