English Electric Lightning

Now I am sure you can all identify these venerable and excellent aircraft from Europe.
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Hope your having a laugh :LOL:
Did any people here ever whitness an F104 at a UK airshow?? I remember reading it was in near direct competition with the lightning at one point. I think it could slightly outrun but couldn't out turn, which would prove to be this aircrafts downfall. Then again, the lightning was withdrawn from service sometime ago while the 104 might still be flying in Italy(?) or some other country?
 
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'Red Flag' exercises 1977 in Nevada.... Scintillating, low flying Buccs..
Buccaneer Flight lovers?.... certainly rings that bell.

A few clips here http://nodarkroom.co.uk/videos.htm

Buccaneering !!
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Into the 80's ... there is no smoke without fire !!
F-16 in ascendancy..

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Didn't I see the Ark Royal docked in London in the early 70's? And wasn't it decommed then? Or am I miles off the mark? :oops:
 
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That's weird, I was just about to name all the planes but the post where Doyle has done that only appears when I go to reply!

EF is supreme. According to a chap I know at Warton, they had to ban the test pilots from performing "ballistic take-off" runs. This is the closest thing a conventional aeroplane can do to an impression of a space rocket!

It is where they belt down the runway on full thrust and pull to a vertical climb as sharply as they can. The engine efflux was causing damage to the tarmac!!! Whereas a "normal" plane can climb steeply, there are very few planes, even today, that have a thrust/weight greater than 1 at a useful take-off-weight... EF is one of them!

In case anyone is wondering, this is such a wonderful value because when thrust/weight is greater than 1, you can accelerate in a vertical climb.
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