At the end of 2021, Jay Smith, an oil entrepreneur who had sold his business and has a passion for… Read More
“We did find that the piston-engined fighter presented a very poor target to infra-red homing missiles, especially from the rear… Read More
‘When we would RTB, we would invariably get ‘tapped’ by the Brits flying Hawker Hunters and English Electric Lightnings…in the… Read More
Thanks to its unrivalled performance the Lightning was used in the late 60s to carry out proving flights to allay… Read More
Aviation enthusiast Oliver Burden launched a petition to prevent the loss of irreplaceable UK Aviation History currently preserved at Bruntingthorpe.… Read More
With development work on the P.1 research aircraft well advanced and the F.155T in-service date looming, English Electric designed the… Read More
"I scramble down it to see what the fuss is all about. Moving to the rear of the Lightning, the… Read More
The tractor driver heard the bang of the ejection seat and is seen after quickly turning around to look at… Read More
"While the mass contacts of 60...70...80 (who knows?) contacts which, as if raging bulls bent on widespread death and destruction,… Read More
The iconic Lightning has been Britain's first and only entirely indigenous Mach 2 fighter aircraft produced After the article featuring… Read More
Probably the Typhoon was driven by a student who misjudged the aircraft rate of descent This post provides the link to… Read More
