The English Electric Lightning was Britain's first supersonic jet fighter. But it was more than just a test-bed plane designed to break the sound barrier; it's also a plane with a long and storied ...
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40,000 feet in under 3 minutes: Britain’s Lightning almost never happened
The English Electric Lightning grew from Teddy Petter’s realization that Britain’s Meteors and Vampires could not catch future high-flying bombers like the Canberra. His compact twin-engine fighter ...
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