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English Electric Lightning

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Retired 1988
Wingspan11 m
Engine typesRolls-Royce Avon
First flightAugust 4, 1954
Manufacturers English Electric
British Aircraft Corporation
Did you knowLightnings were slowly phased out of service between 1974 and 1988.
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The English Electric Lightning is a fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor during the 1960s, the 1970s and into the late 1980s. It remains the only UK-designed-and-built fighter capable of Mach 2.

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