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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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The Jet So Loud You Can Feel It in Your Chest

I got to witness an absolutely extreme and thunderous fast taxi run by the legendary English Electric Lightning – and it did not disappoint. With its twin Rolls-Royce Avon engines screaming, this Cold ...