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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 was capable of a top speed of above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric.
El English Electric Lightning (posteriormente BAC Lightning) fue un avión caza británico supersónico de la Guerra Fría, recordado por su velocidad alta y su aspecto metálico. El Lightning entró en servicio de la Royal Air Force y la Real Fuerza Aérea Saudí.
The English Electric supersonic interceptor (WG760), piloted by Roland Beamont, first flew at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire as the English Electric P1 on 4th August 1954. Initial designs were led by WEW ‘Teddy’ Petter although the aircraft is mostly credited to his successor Freddie Page (later Sir Frederick Page and Chairman of the Aircraft ...
Following the successful demonstration of supersonic flight by the two P1 research aircraft WG760 and WG763, English Electric was contracted to develop the P1B fighter aircraft. It was known as the Lightning and was capable of supersonic interceptions of enemy aircraft; it remained in front line service for nearly three decades.
The second prototype, the P.1A (a P.1. with twin 30mm cannon and later a bulged belly fuel tank), took to the air on the 18th of July 1955 and introduced the new aircraft to airshow-goers at that year's Farnborough show. The P.1s, while recognisably Lightning ancestors, had a number of differences in appearance.
7 de jul. de 2018 · The iconic English Electric (later British Aircraft Corporation, BAC) Lightning has been Britain’s first and only entirely indigenous Mach 2 fighter aircraft produced. The jet was developed from the English Electric P.1, a supersonic research aircraft.
25 de sept. de 2011 · I suppose that you could call the English Electric Lightning a 'fighter by default'. Sometimes, when a country is under threat, it must develop a fighter in great haste, usually by 'upgrading' a trainer. An example would be the Miles M.20; I still maintain that this could have made a difference on some fronts during the…
