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Designed in the late 1940s, the English Electric Lightning was a jet so powerful it could climb to 40,000 feet in under 150 seconds and fly faster than Concorde. Despite its revolutionary stacked engine layout, which minimized asymmetric thrust, the design was almost canceled due to budget cuts and an official belief that supersonic flight was ...
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"I was with it all the way, until I let the handbrake off"... The English Electric Lightning was a favourite amongst pilots for its incredible speed and rate of climb. In this episode of Duxford in Depth we explore the development and history of this remarkable aircraft and take a look Duxford's own example, XM135. Watch in full on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3yiViaC | Imperial War Museum Duxford
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"I was with it all the way, until I let the handbrake off"... The English Electric Lightning was a favourite amongst pilots for its incredible speed and rate of climb. In this episode of Duxford in Depth we explore the development and history of this remarkable aircraft and take a look Duxford's own example, XM135. Watch in full on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3yiViaC | Imperial War Museum Duxford
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