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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 2070.PDF
Flight, 4 September 1959 LIGHTNING The Lightning can operate by day or night in all weathers. It has full navigational aids, airborne search and track radar. The Lightning has been designed as an integrated weapons system so that its armament, fire control system and other equipment work together as a co-ordinated whole. The Lightning is capable of speeds greater than Mach 2 in level flight yet its low speed flying characteristics are exceptional. The Lightning is inherently aerodynamically stable and free from pitch up throughout its speed range without assistance from electronic aids. The Lightning has twin engines which give duplication of all power systems. Twin engines also give the aircraft supersonic performance without reheat and the positioning of the engines along the centreline of the fuselage provides maximum safety since the aircraft does not develop asymmetric characteristics when flying on one engine. THE INCOMPARABLE LIGHTNING ENGLISH ELECTRIC AVIATION LIMITED MARCONI HOUSE STRAND- LONDON • WC! A MEMBER OF THE ENGLISH ELECTRIC AVIATION GROUP
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