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The English Electric Lightning: Britain’s vertical-climbing interceptor

Born from postwar austerity and political hesitation, the English Electric Lightning nearly never existed. Its radical ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the English Electric Lightning P.1A

Seventy-one years ago today, on August 4, 1954, the English Electric Lightning P.1A made its maiden flight. Originally developed by English Electric-later absorbed into the British Aircraft ...