English Electric Lightning

# ZF580 Lightning F.53 outside BAE Systems, Samlesbury, England
# ZF581 Lightning F.53 outside BAE Systems, Rochester, England.
# ZF583 Lightning F.53 at the Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport Cumbria England.
# ZF588 Lightning F.53 at the East Midlands Airport Aeropark, Castle Donington, England.
# ZF592 Lightning F.53 as 53-686 at the City of Norwich Airport Museum, Norwich, England
# ZF593 Lightning F.53 at the Warner-Robins Museum of Aviation, Georgia, USA.

Rochester

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# ZF594 Lightning F.53 at the North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland, England.
# XM989 Lightning T.54 Preserved on the Main entrance to King Abdul-Aziz Air Base, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
# ZF597 Lightning T.55 at the Olympic Flight Museum, Washington, USA.
# ZF598 Lightning T.55 as 55-713 at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry, England.
# 55-716 Lightning T.55 at the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Specifications (Lightning F 6)

Data from Pilots Notes and Operating Data Manual for Lightning F Mk.6

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 55 ft 3 in (16.8 m)
* Wingspan: 34 ft 10 in (10.6 m)
* Height: 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
* Wing area: 474.5 ft² (44.08 m²)
* Empty weight: 31,068 lb[5][nb 13] (14,092 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 45,750 lb[7][nb 14] (20,752 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce Avon 301R afterburning turbojets
o Dry thrust: 12,530 lbf[6] (55.74 kN) each
o Thrust with afterburner: 16,000 lbf (71.17 kN) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (1,300 mph, 2,100 km/h) at 36,000 ft. 700 KIAS at lower altitude [nb 15]
* Range: 850 mi[5][nb 16] (1,370 km) Supersonic intercept radius: 155 mi [nb 17] (250 km)
* Ferry range: 920 mi (800 NM , 1,660 km) 1,270 mi (1,100 NM, 2,040 km) with ferry tanks
* Service ceiling: 54,000 ft[5] (16,000 m) zoom ceiling >70,000 ft
* Rate of climb: 20,000 ft/min [nb 18] (100 m/s)
* Wing loading: 76 lb/ft²[nb 19] (370 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.78[nb 20]

F-6

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Armament

* Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) ADEN cannons
* Hardpoints: 2× under-fuselage for mounting air-to-air missiles, 2x overwing pylon stations for 260 gal ferry tanks
* Rockets: none
* Missiles:
o Air-to-air missile:
+ 2× De Havilland Firestreak or
+ 2× Hawker Siddeley Red Top
* Bombs: none

Bibliography

* Beamont, Roland. Flying to the Limit. Somerset, UK: Patrick Stevens Ltd, 1996. 1-85260-553-7.
* Bowman, Martin W. English Electric Lightning. Wiltshire, UK: The Crowood Press Ltd, 1997. ISBN 978-1-86126-737-5.
* Buttler, Tony. British Secret Projects: Jet Fighters Since 1950. London: Midland Publishing, 2005. ISBN 978-1-85780-095-1.
* Caygill, Peter. Lightning from the Cockpit: Flying the Supersonic Legend. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-84415-082-8.
* Darling, Kev. English Electric Lightning (Warbird Tech Series Vol. 28). North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2000. ISBN 978-1-4357-1556-1.
* Halpenny, Bruce Barrymore. English Electric/BAC Lightning. London: Osprey Air Combat, 1984. ISBN 978-0-85045-562-5.
* McLelland, Tim. English Electric Lightning: Britain's First and Last Supersonic Interceptor. Surrey, UK: Ian Allen Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-190-653-7.

# Scott, Stewart A. "English Electric Lightning, Volume One: Birth of the Legend." Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK: GMS Enterprises, 2000. ISBN 1-870384-78-4.
# Thunder and Lightnings - Lightning Retrieved: 11 March 2008.
# Williams, Anthony G. and Emmanuel Gustin. Flying Guns: The Modern Era. Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-86126-655-2.
# Winchester, Jim, ed. "English Electric Lightning." Military Aircraft of the Cold War (The Aviation Factfile). Rochester, Kent, UK: The Grange plc., 2006. ISBN 1-84013-929-7.
# Wood, Derek. Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain’s Abandoned Aircraft Projects 2nd ed. London: JANES, 1986. ISBN 978-0-7106-0441-5.

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Un Lightning F 1

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