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7 September 1967 - Lightning F6 XR766 of No. 23 Squadron RAF from RAF Leuchars was abandoned in North Sea, 51 miles ENE of RAF Leuchars official report gives the exact location as being at co-ordinates 56'45".00N, 1'30".00W, pilot successfully ejected and was recovered by a Westland Whirlwind (helicopter) of No. 202 Squadron RAF
List of accidents and incidents involving the English Electric Lightning; List of F-15 losses; List of accidents and incidents involving the Grumman A-6 Intruder; List of Harrier family losses; Accidents and incidents involving the JAS 39 Gripen
The English Electric Lightning was a high-performance short-range interceptor aircraft. The Lightning had a max takeoff weight of 20 tons, and could reach Mach 2.0. [1] The aircraft involved in the incident was the second production Lightning, designated XM135. [2]
The South African accident report after the Overberg crash (caused by gross safety violations on the part of pilot, ground crew and SAAF authorities) mistakenly claimed that the UK CAA regarded the Lightning as having a worse in-service safety record than comparable military aircraft.
November 14 – An English Electric Lightning of Thunder City experienced a rear fuselage fire leading to hydraulic failure while performing at Overberg Airshow in Bredasdorp, South Africa. The pilot tried to get the aircraft back to base; after failure of the canopy jettison system he was unable to use the ejection seat and the aircraft ...
A Thunder City Hawker Hunter in 2006. Some of the aircraft are the most recently airworthy examples of the type. Three English Electric Lightning. [5] One T5 was lost in an accident on 14 November 2009.
A 19-year-old Franklin woman died in a single-car crash Tuesday afternoon on Interstate-495 in Hopkinton.
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 .