An English Electric Lightning F1 crashes in a farmers field. The pilot survived with multiple breaks and cuts. Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Sept 13, 1962.
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Early P.1A Prototype Demonstration. Later called the English Electric Lightning.
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English Electric Lightning G-AXEE in Kuwaiti markings at the 1969 Paris Air Show - never enuff rokkits.
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[759 x 1024] An English Electric Lightning going vertical!
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An English Electric Lightning F1 crashes in a farmers field. The pilot survived with multiple breaks and cuts. Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Sept 13, 1962.
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Four Royal Air Force English Electric Lightning F.6 of No. 23 Squadron RAF in flight over Bitburg Air Base, Germany, during "Exercise Bold Stand 70", 14 April 1970. A French Mirage IIIE is visible in the lower right. Staff Sgt. Robert C. Leach, U.S. Air Force (photo 342-C-KE-37945) [2560x1920].
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An advertisement poster of the English Electric Lightning. Late 1966. [784Γ1024].
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XH669, a Victor K2, refuelling a pair of English Electric Lightnings, September 1978.(1024x678)
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[1024 x 759] An English Electric Lightning going horizontal! (Thereβs a user spreading lies about it being a vertical flying plane. Here I have proof)
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An English Electric Lightning receives Firestreaks at Akrotiri, Cyprus. 1963. [1581 x 1013]
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Formation of 4 English Electric Lightning's of the RAF
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56 Squadron "The Firebirds" with the English Electric Lightning F.1A. c1963 [1440 x990]
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THB, I am always confused by the name "English Electric Lightning" for a fighter jet, expecting lightning bolts or batteries
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English Electric Lightning F6 XR773, ZU-BEW [1080x1920]
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Nine English Electric Lightning F.1s in diamond formation. A visually striking silhouette to say the least. Weird wings, literally.
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The English Electric Lightning. ( It remains the only UK-designed-and-built fighter capable of Mach 2 ).
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Business end of an English Electric Lightning
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English Electric Lightning F6 XR728 on an evening practise intercept with the LTF over North East Lincolnshire, August 1987
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English Electric Lightning
So I'd forgot about this one
P.1A Lightning
This is actually one of the English Electric Lightning P.1 Pre-production aircraft
How much better would the Lightning have been with the Rolls-Royce RB.106 Thames instead of the Rolls-Royce RB.146 Avon 301Rs?
The Thames had similar dimensions to the Avon
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An English Electric Lightning jet crashing in an English field, September 1962. The pilot survived.
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I made an English Electric Lightning F.6 in Minecraft (10:1 scale)
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English Electric Lightning. Great Britain's First Supersonic Fighter/Interceptor
youtu.be/7ljjaHqis8w
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[1960] Streaked Lightning - Central Office of Information film. Action footage of the English Electric Lightning Interceptor set to some rather jaunty music. From the makers of noisy fridges came one of the most fabulous of the Cold War jets.
youtube.com/watch?v=6cjhwβ¦
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Leaked dev server footage of OUR ENGLISH Electric Lightning Mark Six's flight model, when it is inevitably gimped on live to compete with other countries' inferior planes (including the F-15C) we must make our OWN BRITISH GAME to do the Lightning justice
streamable.com/iknel
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English Electric Lightning Part of the Cold War collection at RAF Bruntingthorpe
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The ten commandments of the English Electric Lightning pilot
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Thou shalt not omit thy walk-round, lest thou rise into the heavens with a cover or ground-lock in place. Nor shalt thou ignore thy checklist, for many are the valves, switches, levers and handles waiting to take vengeance upon thee, and weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth shall guide the Rescue helicopter to thy dinghy.
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Thou shalt not retract thy gear before thou hast achieved sufficient airspeed, lest thy aeroplane sink back on to the runway into rivers of hell-fire with the wheels in the wells and thou art sent on a rotary wing conversion course. Verily, the love of a punchy take-off is the root of many ills, but it is better in the eyes of the base commander to be a living dog than a dead lion.
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Thou shalt not allow thy centre of gravity be beyond limits, for the laws of gravity shall surely judge the ignorant and the errant. Whatever British Aerospace hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
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Thou shalt look to thy left and to thy right as thou journeyest through the skies, for behold the other aeroplane cometh quickly and thou shalt meet it in the air, and thy fellow pilots shall be bound as is the custom to comfort thy widow with soft words and in many other ways.
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Thou shalt not buzz, lest thou incur the wrath of the Almighty with the braid of gold and bring the fury of the high priests of the Temple of Defence upon thine head and shoulders. For lo, many are the fools who perish at low level when the aeroplane smiteth the birds of the air or the trees of the field or the wires of the electricity company.
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Thou shalt take good measure of thy fuel, for verily, a tank full of air at 10,000 feet is an abomination and as welcome as a plague of locusts. Yea, and even more so upon departure. What profiteth a man that he hath a full fuel bowser at the airfield yet perisheth by ignoring it to achieve his commitment. For it is written that only a double reheat fire warning shall cause thee to rejoice that thy fuel runneth below minimums.
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Thou shalt not push through the scud at low level tail-chasing the F-111 of the Americanites, lest the angel Gabriel be waiting on the other side. For pride goeth before destruction and it is written that the cumulo-granitus is no respecter of aeroplanes without avionics blessed by advancement.
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Thou shalt beware the prophets of the weather, for the truth is not always upon them. Woe is to he who entereth the thunderstorm and hath his missile head smitten by the hail of the Lord, b
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How our proud Royal English Electric Lightning SHOULD be modeled by Gaijin, to properly reflect her stunning characteristics in real life in lieu of her sudden retirement, anything lesser is deserved of a riot from our British community o7
streamable.com/iknel
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English Electric Lightning?
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[OC] Pixelplanes - English Electric Lightning Β«Tiger SquadronΒ» (Trivia in Comment)
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