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
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
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
Gloster Javelin
…its engines, radar and weapons, which included the De Havilland Firestreak air-to-air missile. The Javelin was replaced in the interceptor role by the English Electric Lightning, a supersonic aircraft capable of flying at more than double the speed of the Javelin. The Lightning entered service with the RAF only a few years after…
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