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- English_Electric_Lightning abstract "The English Electric Lightning was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed and manufactured by English Electric, who were subsequently integrated into the unified British Aircraft Corporation, after which point the aircraft was marketed as the BAC Lightning. The Lightning was the only all-British Mach 2 fighter aircraft and was the first aircraft in the world capable of supercruise.The Lightning was renowned for its capabilities as an interceptor; pilots commonly described it as "being saddled to a skyrocket". It was powered by the Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine; each aircraft had two Avon engines in an unusual stacked arrangement in the main fuselage with the cockpit perched on top. The Lightning was developed to counter increasingly-capable bomber aircraft, and thus had remarkable climb, altitude and speed flight performance in order to perform rapid interception. The type was subsequently developed for greater range and speed, as well as to perform reconnaissance and ground-attack missions.The Lightning was prominently used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). It was operated as the RAF's primary interceptor for more than two decades, during which the type was never required to shoot down a hostile aircraft. Following retirement in the late 1980s, many of the remaining aircraft became museum exhibits; until 2010, three examples were kept flying at "Thunder City" in Cape Town, South Africa. In September 2008, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers conferred on the Lightning its "Engineering Heritage Award" at a ceremony at BAE Systems' site at Warton Aerodrome.".
- English_Electric_Lightning manufacturer British_Aircraft_Corporation.
- English_Electric_Lightning manufacturer English_Electric.
- English_Electric_Lightning numberBuilt "337".
- English_Electric_Lightning origin United_Kingdom.
- English_Electric_Lightning thumbnail English_Electric_Lightning_P.1_P.1A.svg?width=300.
- English_Electric_Lightning type Interceptor_aircraft.
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- English_Electric_Lightning wikiPageExternalLink www.lightning.org.uk.
- English_Electric_Lightning wikiPageExternalLink www.lightning422supporters.co.uk.
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- English_Electric_Lightning wikiPageExternalLink www.thundercity.com.
- English_Electric_Lightning wikiPageID "217495".
- English_Electric_Lightning wikiPageRevisionID "606770953".
- English_Electric_Lightning afterburningThrustAlt "71.17 kN".
- English_Electric_Lightning afterburningThrustMain "16000".
- English_Electric_Lightning align "right".
- English_Electric_Lightning areaAlt "44.08".
- English_Electric_Lightning areaMain "474.5".
- English_Electric_Lightning ceilingAlt "16,000 m".
- English_Electric_Lightning ceilingMain "54000.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning ceilingMore "zoom ceiling >70,000 ft".
- English_Electric_Lightning climbRateAlt "100.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning climbRateMain "162.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning crew "one".
- English_Electric_Lightning emptyWeightAlt "14092.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning emptyWeightMain "31068".
- English_Electric_Lightning engine(jet)_ "Rolls-Royce Avon 301R".
- English_Electric_Lightning ferryRangeAlt "800".
- English_Electric_Lightning ferryRangeMain "920.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning ferryRangeMore "1270".
- English_Electric_Lightning firstFlight "1954-08-04".
- English_Electric_Lightning firstFlight "1957-04-04".
- English_Electric_Lightning guns "2".
- English_Electric_Lightning hardpointMissiles "2".
- English_Electric_Lightning hardpoints "2".
- English_Electric_Lightning hasPhotoCollection English_Electric_Lightning.
- English_Electric_Lightning heightAlt "5.97 m".
- English_Electric_Lightning heightMain "596.9".
- English_Electric_Lightning image 0854235.jpg.
- English_Electric_Lightning image 1785716633.
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- English_Electric_Lightning image 74%20sqn%20lightning_l.jpg.
- English_Electric_Lightning introduced "December 1959".
- English_Electric_Lightning jetOrProp%3F_ "jet".
- English_Electric_Lightning lengthAlt "16.8 m".
- English_Electric_Lightning lengthMain "1684.02".
- English_Electric_Lightning lists "* List of aircraft of the RAF * List of fighter aircraft".
- English_Electric_Lightning loadingAlt "370".
- English_Electric_Lightning loadingMain "76".
- English_Electric_Lightning manufacturer British_Aircraft_Corporation.
- English_Electric_Lightning manufacturer English_Electric.
- English_Electric_Lightning maxSpeedAlt "1300".
- English_Electric_Lightning maxSpeedMain "Mach 2.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning maxSpeedMore "at 36,000 ft. 700 KIAS at lower altituderef|An F.6 equipped with Red Top missiles can reach Mach 2.0 on an ICAO Std. day at 36,000 ft. A clean F.6 can reach Mach 2.1 at 37,000 ft .|group="nb"".
- English_Electric_Lightning maxTakeoffWeightAlt "20752.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning maxTakeoffWeightMain "45750".
- English_Electric_Lightning moreUsers Kuwait_Air_Force.
- English_Electric_Lightning moreUsers "Royal Saudi Air Force".
- English_Electric_Lightning nationalOrigin United_Kingdom.
- English_Electric_Lightning numberBuilt "337".
- English_Electric_Lightning numberOfJets "2".
- English_Electric_Lightning planeOrCopter%3F_ "plane".
- English_Electric_Lightning primaryUser Royal_Air_Force.
- English_Electric_Lightning quote ""Suddenly the telephone would ring and it would be one of the radar controllers from around the UK ordering you to scramble immediately. And so you would run to the aeroplane, jump in. They were just monitoring, listening, recording everything that went on. So you would get up alongside and normally they would wave, quite often there would be a little white face at every window. They knew we were there just to watch them. One I intercepted when he violated the airspace and I was trying to get him to land but it was scary. He just wanted to get out of there, he was out of Dodge as fast as he could go, he didn't want to mix it with me."".
- English_Electric_Lightning rangeAlt "1370.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning rangeMain "900.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning rangeMore "96.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning ref "Pilots Notes and Operating Data Manual for Lightning F.6".
- English_Electric_Lightning related "* Short SB/5".
- English_Electric_Lightning retired "1988".
- English_Electric_Lightning seeAlso "* List of accident and incidents involving the English Electric Lightning".
- English_Electric_Lightning similarAircraft "* Dassault Mirage III * Lockheed F-104 Starfighter * Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 * Sukhoi Su-15".
- English_Electric_Lightning source "(RAF Lightning pilot John Ward)".
- English_Electric_Lightning spanAlt "10.6 m".
- English_Electric_Lightning spanMain "1061.72".
- English_Electric_Lightning weight "0.78".
- English_Electric_Lightning thrustAlt "55.74 kN".
- English_Electric_Lightning thrustMain "12530".
- English_Electric_Lightning type Interceptor_aircraft.
- English_Electric_Lightning typeOfJet "afterburning turbojets".
- English_Electric_Lightning width "25.0".
- English_Electric_Lightning subject Category:British_fighter_aircraft_1950–1959.
- English_Electric_Lightning subject Category:English_Electric_aircraft.
- English_Electric_Lightning subject Category:Monoplanes.
- English_Electric_Lightning subject Category:Twinjets.
- English_Electric_Lightning type Aircraft.
- English_Electric_Lightning type MeanOfTransportation.
- English_Electric_Lightning type Product.
- English_Electric_Lightning type Model_airplane.
- English_Electric_Lightning type TransportationDevice_Vehicle.
- English_Electric_Lightning type DesignedArtifact.
- English_Electric_Lightning comment "The English Electric Lightning was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft of the Cold War era. It was designed and manufactured by English Electric, who were subsequently integrated into the unified British Aircraft Corporation, after which point the aircraft was marketed as the BAC Lightning.".
- English_Electric_Lightning label "English Electric Lightning".
- English_Electric_Lightning label "English Electric Lightning".
- English_Electric_Lightning label "English Electric Lightning".