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In 1960, No. 74 Squadron became the first unit in the RAF to operate the English Electric Lightning F.1. Between 1962 and 1963, they operated an aerobatic display team called 'The Tigers' made up...
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- Aviation videos archives part3 1950-1975
A film of No. 111 Squadron RAF's "Black Arrows" Hawker Hunter aerobatic display team in 1959.
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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.In 1964 the Fire...
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- Aviation videos archives part3 1950-1975
Aug 21, 2012 · At the Last Lightning Show at Binbroook and also at the 11Sqn day just before the end, the 9 ship all took off straight, executed a 270 turn and flew directly at the crowd line over the later planes taking off and then went into a vertical climb over the crowd, or so it seemed.
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.
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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English Electric (later BAC) Lightning. Originally designed by W F Petter (the designer of the Canberra) The first Lighting Prototype was first flown on the 4th August 1954 by Wing Commander R P Beamont at Boscombe Down.
