Aviation Republic on MSN
60,000 Feet in 3 Minutes: Britain’s Lightning That Outran the Cold War
The English Electric Lightning was a vertical rocket disguised as a fighter. Reaching 60,000 feet in under three minutes and ...
When English Electric finalized the P1B design in the mid-1950s, the Royal Air Force suddenly had a weapon that looked less like a fighter and more like a manned missile. Gone was the oval nose intake ...
The English Electric Lightning was Britain's first supersonic jet fighter. But it was more than just a test-bed plane designed to break the sound barrier; it's also a plane with a long and storied ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback