English Electric Lightning - A Short History

The English Electric Lightning was a british jet fighter that served as an interceptor in the Royal Air Force. It was capable of Mach 2 speeds, and was later known as the BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) Lightning. The Lighting was known for its exceptional rate of climb. The English Electric Lightning was exported to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (under the name BAC Lightning).

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Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) - the text has been remixed and shortened

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"English Electric P.1 (27898298121).jpg" by Clemens Vasters, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Electric_P.1_(27898298121).jpg, License CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)
"EE Lightning F6 XS904 BQ (7173122840).jpg" by Alan Wilson, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EE_Lightning_F6_XS904_BQ_(7173122840).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"ENGLISH ELECTRIC LIGHTNING F1 XN730 AT THE LUFTWAFFEN MUSEUM RAF GATOW BERLIN GERMANY JUNE 2013" by THE STEPHEN J MASON PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION, https://flickr.com/photos/calflier001/9123944651/, License CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
"English Electric Lightning Ysterplaat Airshow-2006-09-23.jpg" by Danie van der Merwe, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Electric_Lightning_Ysterplaat_Airshow-2006-09-23.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"English Electric Lightning P.1 P.1A.svg" by Elborgo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Electric_Lightning_P.1_P.1A.svg, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"English Electric P.1 (27898298121).jpg" by Clemens Vasters, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Electric_P.1_(27898298121).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"XP702-LightningF3-1980.jpg" by MilborneOne, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XP702-LightningF3-1980.jpg, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
"English Electric Lightning fighter aircraft (48833856252).jpg" by Steve Nimmons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Electric_Lightning_fighter_aircraft_(48833856252).jpg, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
"English Electric Lightning F.2A ‘XN776 / C’" by Alan Wilson, https://flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/39814526641/, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
"English Electric Lightning F53 - 53-671 / ZF579" by Steven Lynes, https://flickr.com/photos/lynothehammer/49635962452/, License: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
"English Electric Lightning F.53 ‘XS933’ (really ZF594)" by Alan Wilson, https://flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/38760314555/, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
"English Electric Lightning T.5 XS417" by Ronnie Macdonald, https://flickr.com/photos/ronmacphotos/14603900431/, License CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
"Lightning F6 XS904" by neillanwarne, https://flickr.com/photos/neillanwarne/6340104459/, License CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
"English Electric Lightning F.1 ‘XM135 / B’" by Alan Wilson, https://flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/39352699245/, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

"Lightning Scramble" by vfrmartin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsuD2VOM98M, License: CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
"Lightning F.6 XP693 engine run, 26th November 1994" by Stoat13, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25tBKyf884, License: CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)

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