“I scramble down it to see what the fuss is all about. Moving to the rear of the Lightning, the cause…
Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The story behind a famous photo of an ejection from a RAF Lightning interceptor
by Dario LeoneThe tractor driver heard the bang of the ejection seat and is seen after quickly turning around to look at what…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That time a lone RAF Lightning intercepted a horde of 80 Soviet strategic bombers
by Dario Leone“While the mass contacts of 60…70…80 (who knows?) contacts which, as if raging bulls bent on widespread death and destruction, bore…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
GORGEOUS COLD WAR ERA VIDEO SHOWS ROYAL AIR FORCE LIGHTNING INTERCEPTORS PERFORMING A SCRAMBLE
The iconic Lightning has been Britain’s first and only entirely indigenous Mach 2 fighter aircraft produced After the article featuring the…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Watch this Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jet “clipping grass” while landing at RAF Coningsby
by Dario LeoneProbably the Typhoon was driven by a student who misjudged the aircraft rate of descent This post provides the link to a…
