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Duration: 02:19 minutes Upload Time: 2007-03-31 07:02:52 User: SimonBloomer :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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Description: Couple of clips of the English Electric Lightnings (two T5 and two F6) flying at the AAD Airshow |
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| SteffanLlwyd ::: Favorites 2007-12-08 15:31:11 Crumbs chaps.... it even LOOKS British! How did it draw enough air through that small-ish looking intake, to feed two Avons? __________________________________________________ | |
| wolfgrade ::: Favorites 2007-12-05 19:41:39 First flew in 1954, which makes it even more impressive! __________________________________________________ | |
| glynhoyland ::: Favorites 2007-11-28 16:42:37 them planes have two engines mounted over eachother __________________________________________________ | |
| utopiaboy ::: Favorites 2007-11-26 11:13:39 When the TSR2 was being tested the lightnings were used as chase planes. It climbed on one engine with reheat and left the lightnings behind. Unfortunately, another Labour government were in charge at the time and scrapped the whole thing. Shame. Now I wonder why we are no longer world leaders in aviation? __________________________________________________ | |
| Erictheirritated ::: Favorites 2007-11-24 23:28:40 Nevertheless, its fairly well known that, somewhere over Scotland, two lightnings intercepted a U2 at 80,000 by diving on it. It happened during a NATO exercise or similar. __________________________________________________ | |
| hawchcf1 ::: Favorites 2007-11-03 12:23:16 Thats not true either, Brian Carroll a Cheif Lightning Pilot took a Lightning to 87,300ft and another lghtning F3 went to 88,000 to mock intercept a U2 __________________________________________________ | |
| 2oo6Whit2oo6 ::: Favorites 2007-11-02 14:51:44 Not true max altitude is 60,000 ft __________________________________________________ | |
| Gruntol5 ::: Favorites 2007-10-31 20:04:03 Another story that did the rounds some time back was that of an RAF Lightning "intercepting" and overtaking Concorde as it cruised at Mach 2.05 at 65,000 ft. Impressive, if true! __________________________________________________ | |
| trousercough ::: Favorites 2007-10-30 15:16:44 My favourite aeroplane too, I used to nag my dad to take me to Handon museum to ogle it. Drove him mad. Brilliant aircraft & the engine sound in flight is truly music to my ears. Cheers for posting this. Made me very nostalgic __________________________________________________ | |
| Goetmhmiac ::: Favorites 2007-10-26 20:22:24 Thanks for posting this vid. I grew up near Wattisham so Lightinings filled my childhood. Now at 40 I just went solo on my PPL.. this vid had decided it, I MUST GO TO THUNDERCITY AND FLY IN A LIGHTNING! __________________________________________________ | |
| dotheworldafavour ::: Favorites 2007-10-24 16:55:04 i ment reach __________________________________________________ | |
| dotheworldafavour ::: Favorites 2007-10-24 16:54:02 that plane can reack 1500mph and its my faverite plane __________________________________________________ | |
| terencehooper ::: Favorites 2007-10-24 01:04:44 this baby could go into orbit-awesome! __________________________________________________ | |
| flipsuperstar ::: Favorites 2007-10-02 16:05:54 Dont believe anything written about this planes performance in books or anything. This plane is simply awesome as much as it was fairly secret. In 1984, during a major NATO exercise, Flt Lt Mike Hale intercepted an American U-2 at a height which they had previously considered safe from interception. Records show that Hale climbed to 88,000 ft (26,800 m) in his F3 Lightning. __________________________________________________ | |
| steeluk4 ::: Favorites 2007-09-29 18:12:24 It's often mentioned a lot, particularly by those in the RAF from those times so I suppose it must be true. __________________________________________________ | |
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