English Electric Lightning
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The English Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor from 1960 to 1988. It is capable of a top speed above Mach 2. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manu
Lightning F.6 of No. 11 Squadron RAF
P1A WG760 at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, 2016
Lightning F.3 in flight, 1983
Lightning F.6 XS904 after a high-speed taxi run at 2012 Cold War Jets Day, Bruntingthorpe
Gloster Javelin
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The Gloster Javelin is a twin-engined all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the Gloster Aircraft Company. It was operated by the Royal Air Force from the mid-1950s until the late 1
English Electric Lightning
…for relatively long periods at Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h; 913 mph) and had a dash speed of Mach 1.5. Against a target flying at these speeds, the existing Gloster Javelin interceptors would be useless; its primary de Havilland Firestreak armament could only attack from the rear and the Tu-22 would run away from the Javelin…
Gloster Javelin 46 Sqn line up, XA628 nearest.
Gloster Javelin, de Havilland engine test bed aircraft, at Farnborough
Two U.S. Marine Corps officers leaving a Javelin FAW.7 at RAF Duxford, 1959
Six Gloster Javelin FAW.7 of No. 64 Squadron, 1959