The English Electric Lightning jet was a British interceptor aircraft used from the 1960s to 1980s. Here's what we know about this impressive fighter.

English Electric Lightning XR724 roared back to life at RAF Binbrook as volunteers successfully completed a powerful engine run, marking a major milestone in its decades-long restoration.

On August 4, 1954, fighter pilot Roland Beamont took the P1 English Electric Lightning on its maiden flight. Coming during a time when a technology pioneered in Britain, the English Electric ...

A retired RAF English Electric Lightning jet fighter aircraft on display outside RAF Boulmer. 1st ...More February, 1980. (Photo by NCJ Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) ...

The English Electric Lightning has the distinction of being the only all British supersonic fighter to have served with the Royal Air Force.

The supersonic English Electric Lightning was designed to intercept Soviet bombers and served as a mainstay of the RAF during the Cold War.. Jet XR724 first flew on 10 February 1965 and spent ...

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The recommendations were issued on 22 December by the team investigating the 14 November crash of a privately-owned English Electric Lightning, which killed Thunder City pilot Dave Stock.