Built by English Electric at Samlesbury in Autumn of 1967, 53-672 was delivered to Saudi Arabia a year later in November 1968. ... Cornish EE Lightning F.53 Jet Heads to a New Home.

This is one jet that still knows how to put on a show. ... 2025. I got to witness an absolutely extreme and thunderous fast taxi run by the legendary English Electric Lightning ...

The supersonic English Electric Lightning was designed to intercept Soviet bombers and served as a mainstay of the RAF during the Cold War.. Jet XR724 first flew on 10 February 1965 and spent ...

On August 4, 1954, fighter pilot Roland Beamont took the P1 English Electric Lightning on its maiden flight. Coming during a time when a technology pioneered in Britain, the English Electric ...

The name "Lightning II" pays homage to Lockheed's World War II P-38 Lightning aircraft and U.K.'s English Electric Lightning, a supersonic fighter that entered service in the 1950s.

The Yorkshire Air Museum has Lightning F.6 XS903 amongst its aircraft collection, with the F.6 being recognised as the ultimate version, as it was also fitted with Aden canons, in addition to wing ...