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The English Electric Lightning Mach 2 fighter entered service with the RAF in 1959 and served throughout the 1960s and well into the Cold War with the RAF, Kuwaiti and Saudi Air Forces.
The design was radical and innovative, with twin Rolls-Royce engines stacked vertically, and staggered to reduce frontal area leading to a climb rate of 50,000 feet a minute, and a top speed of 1,300mph (2,400 km/h)
The design was radical and innovative, with twin Rolls-Royce engines stacked vertically, and staggered to reduce frontal area leading to a climb rate of 50,000 feet a minute, and a top speed of 1,300mph (2,400 km/h)
The Lightning was armed with 2 x 30mm cannon and 2 x Firestreak or Red Top missiles. The F.53 version was configured for ground attack with rockets and/or bombs.
This example is a Lightning F.1 of 56 Squadron RAF 1966.
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Nice plane, very pretty. How good were these missiles? I understood that early heat-seeking missiles and ones with onboard radar weren't as good then as they are now...