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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 above Mach 2 . The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric .
16 December 1960 – Royal Air Force Lightning F1 XM138 of the Air Fighting Development Squadron was damaged beyond repair by fire after landing at RAF Coltishall when a fire bottle exploded. [5] 1961. 28 June 1961 – Lightning F1A XM185 of No. 111 Squadron RAF was abandoned near Lavenham, Suffolk when the landing gear and air brakes jammed ...
The Short SB.5 (serial WG768) was a "highly unorthodox, adjustable wing" [1] British research aircraft designed by Short Brothers in response to the UK Air Ministry requirement ER.100; to provide input for the design of the English Electric P.1 (prototype of the English Electric Lightning) by testing the low speed flight characteristics of various configurations of wing-sweep required for ...
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English Electric tried to take over one of the other major British electrical companies, the General Electric Company (GEC), in 1960 and, in 1963, English Electric and J. Lyons and Co. formed a jointly owned company – English Electric LEO Company – to manufacture the LEO computer developed by Lyons.
RAF Coltishall became home to the RAF's first English Electric Lightning F.1s when No. 74 (Fighter) Squadron began to receive the jet in June 1960, after arriving the year before. No. 74 (F) Squadron relocated to RAF Leuchars in Scotland on 2 March 1964. [ 6 ]
For the second time in two months, Ford has hiked the price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup. Although this time it’s just for the base Pro model, the price hike of around 11% sends the ...
English Electric Lightning F.1A (Dec 1960–Jun 1965) English Electric Lightning T.4 (Jan 1963–Apr 1966) English Electric Lightning F.3 (Mar 1965–Sep 1971) English Electric Lightning T.5 (Dec 1965–June 1976) English Electric Lightning F.1A (May 1966–Oct 1966) English Electric Canberra B.2 (Jul 1968–Jan 1975) English Electric Canberra ...