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...
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Two English Electric aircraft designs became landmarks in British aeronautical engineering; the Canberra and the Lightning. In 1960, English Electric Aircraft...
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inadvertently engaged the afterburner of a Mach 2.0–capable English Electric Lightning during ground testing. Unable to disengage the afterburner, Holden...
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incidents involving the English Electric Lightning twin-engined interceptor and multi-role fighter. The main operator of the Lightning was the Royal Air Force...
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The Ford F-150 Lightning is a battery electric full-size light duty truck unveiled by Ford Motor Company in May 2021 as part of the fourteenth generation...
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this era include the Convair F-106 Delta Dart, Sukhoi Su-15, and English Electric Lightning. Through the 1960s and 1970s, the rapid improvements in design...
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The English Electric/BAC Lightning (ISBN 978-0-85045-562-5) is an aviation book by British military historian and author Bruce Barrymore Halpenny about...
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Firestreak on the de Havilland Sea Vixen and later models of the English Electric Lightning. Originally designed as an upgraded version of the Firestreak...
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was the RA.29 Mk.301/2 (RB.146) used in later versions of the English Electric Lightning. It produced 12,690 and 17,110 lbf (56,400 and 76,100 N) with...
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aircraft, starting with the British interceptor aircraft, the English Electric Lightning, in the late 1950s. The concept quickly spread to numerous other...
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