BAC Lightning F.6 XS925 at The Royal Air Force Museum London. The RAF’s No XI(F) Sqn were the last Lightning unit, disbanding on 30th April 1988. #coldwar #lightning #warbirds #fighter | Daniel J Wheatcroft

The British English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter jet #supersonic #britishaerospace #englishelectric #lightning #jetfighter #aviationhistory #coldwar #avgeek | SkyShips - Aerospace channel

English Electric Lightning The Ex 56 Squadron English Electric Lightning T5 is the only aircraft of it's type flying in the world. We were there to film each step of the restoration of this supersonic jet fighter of the Cold War era. We speak with Chief Engineer Johann Rosenstrauch about the process of restoring ZU-BBD to full flying condition. Pilot and owner Mike Beachy Head flew his Lightning on the 14th January 2014 making it the only airworthy Lightning currently flying. Post the flight Mik

English Electric Lightning 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 The English Electric Lightning is a British 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. The Lightning was designed, developed, and manufactured by English Electric, which was later merged into the newly-formed British Aircraft Corporation. Later the type was marketed as the BAC Lightning. It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF),