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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 ...
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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]
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 ...
No. 74 (F) Squadron English Electric Lightning F.1 at Imperial War Museum Duxford On 8 June 1959, 'the Tigers', under the command of Squadron Leader John 'Johnny' Howe , moved to RAF Coltishall for re-equipment with the English Electric Lightning F.1 in June 1960; this was the first squadron in the RAF to receive the Lightning.
English Electric Lightning; W. English Electric Wren This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 12:15 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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 ...