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Lightning Eject The Dubious Safety Record of Britain's Only Supersonic Fighter by Peter

By Peter Caygill

Book information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Aviation
Year
2012
ISBN
1848848854
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1778974 bytes)
Pages
\232
Time added
2016-10-11 10:31:58

Description

The English Electric Lightning entered RAF squadron service in 1960 and continued flying in the interceptor role until 1988. It had a stunning world-beating performance with a top speed in excess of Mach 2 and a climb rate that would take it to 40,000 feet in a little over 3 minutes. The aircrafts safety record, however, left much to be desired. During a period in the early 1970s the attrition rate was the loss of a Lightning every month. There was a six per cent chance of a pilot experiencing an engine fire and a one in four chance that he would not survive.

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