The British Starfighter

This is the place where we can all meet and speak about whatever is on the mind.
new reply
User avatar
Paughco
Senior Master Sergeant
Posts: 2095
Joined: 30 Nov 2014, 12:27

The British Starfighter

Post by Paughco »

I stumbled across this while looking for "cool stuff" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4wuvw_5GM. Basically, it's this guy gets a ride in a 2-seater English Electric Lightning. They don't allow these things to fly in England, as they're found to be "too complex" for non-military humans to maintain. They don't have those unduly burdensome rules in South Africa, so this flight takes place there.

Very cool airplane. I can see why they named the F-35 "Lightning 2." It's representing the P-38 for the USA, and it represents the English Electric Lightning for the UK.

Seeya
ATB
Image

new reply

Return to “Pilot's Lounge”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 36 guests