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Ps. The Vulcan has the most amazing engine sound, check it out please. 🙏
It was the only aircraft that could fly alongside concord.
Britain has always been brilliant at inventing things but most things they never finished ie the leaning train and others, politicians are at fault they don't have the hindsight to see the future only the here and now it's sad.
a jet will starve itself of oxygen, rockets carry liquid oxygen.
You do not understand the air intake. The cone (which houses radar) is to slow down the intake to subsonic, as also seen on the SR-71 (which the Lightning could and did intercept as it cruised over the Atlantic). This is largely what sets the airspeed of a plane, if they are made very fast, they can't do slow. The Lightning could go very fast to get on station (about 30 minutes from lift off) and then transonic onto the bomber targets. It's maximum altitude was classified (as was its top speed, it was a bit faster in a shallow dive, I don't that has been released even now, max Mach is an airframe restriction), they later released altitude record north of 110,000 from zoom climb. And it had super-cruise, Mach 1 without reheat, and it could do that at 60,000. If you watch a take off you will see the burners shut off so they can get the wheels up before going supersonic. We know from intel that the Lightning (and the Vulcan) scared the snot out of the russians because they had nothing that could stop them. The Lightning was an interceptor not deployed over russian missiles, and the Vulcan had very effective countermeasures, not to mention that whenever it did fly routine sorties from Germany, it was always bombed up with a bucket of sunshine.
The roll rate of the Lightning was so fast that many pilots could not keep up with it, this made it highly manoeuvrable and was the first fighters I ever saw perform a cobra. It would probably be all over a F-35 like a bad suit, but they do not dog fight these days. The Lightning would run rings around the F-104 or Mirage whilst stacked for air displays. Watch it closing like a hawk on a pigeon in that clip with the twin engine bomber.
They parked an English Electric Lightning at Rochester Airport close to the main road, as you drove North on the A229 this plane would suddenly be pointing straight at you. Logic said the plane was unarmed and had no pilot, emotion said "Help!" this is a scary plane to come face to face with on a dark morning.
They currently have both a Spitfire and a Mustang in the hanger at Rochester, they both have classic Merlin engines, it's great to hear them in the air.
I used to watch these take off from R A F Binbrook in the 70s , they were fantastic to watch but very heavy on fuel usage
Not only could the Lightning exceed M1 in a vertical climb, it could do it with one engine shut down !!.
Try that in an F4 Phantom.
I was an engine fitter doing major overhauls on F3 & T5 Lightnings at 60 MU RAF Leconfield for 3 years. The test pilot came into the line hut one day & pinned a sheet of paper on the notice board. On my way out I had a look. It said “Enter your name below if you would like a flight in a T5 Lightning.” I wrote my name on it. I was sent for an intensive medical & given a chit that was valid for 2 weeks, authorising me as medically fit to fly in the passenger seat of a T5 Lightning. A year later the test pilot came to me & told me to go to flying clothing for kit to fly. I showed him that the chit was well out of date, he sent me to see the medical officer, who asked if I had, had a cold in the last 2 weeks. I hadn’t, he signed my chit & I went to the line hut. The pilot allowed me to take control & I got my ‘ten ton’ certificate. In control, in excess of 1,000 MPH. The test pilot’s name, S/Ldr Bell. Thank you Sir.
The Lightning was the aircraft that introduced the term "supercruise"to the English language
This whole British Jets/US Jets is a sore note of contention with us British. The race was on between Britain and the US to design and build a jetplane that could fly at MK1, the British won and managed to exceed MK1. The Americans imediately called us to say that because we were ("supposed") to be allies we should give the US the blueprints so the Americans could also fly at MK1. The British said that we would only give the blueprints to the Americans if the US also shared some secrets with us, to which the Americans said Yes ! of course. As soon as we handed over the blueprints, the Americans immediately said we cannot give you any secrets as they are a matter of National Security. That pretty much sums up the American Government.
The simple description of a Lightning. Two Jet engines, with wings and a pilot seat. strapped to the outside. The nose cone covers the Radar. The two seat trainer where the T4, T5 & T6 variants, the two pilots sat side-by-side rather than one behind the other, as in most trainers.
Escape velocity is 17,000 mph , not achievable by an air breathing aircraft and would not work outside the atmosphere . The pointy bit is a diffuser in the nose to control the airflow to the engines when supersonic . It contains the radar equipment .
Welcome to jet engine technology – British style…
The Lightning was an amazing aeroplane, but if you want to get into orbit you need to achieve a speed of 17500 mph
You mean the air intake
Every time he speaks he ruins the vidio
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I was on 5 Sqn at Binbrook from 78 until 83. I was lucky enough to fly twice which was amazing. We also had some great detachments to Akrotiri. The ground crew were a fantastic bunch of guys.
I always thought it was a bit iffy selling the engine to the Russians. I think we did the same with some electronics too. Our Prime minister or whoever was probably working for them.
The cone in the air intake, as well as containing the air intercept radar, is there to generate a shock wave to slow down the air entering the plenum chamber ahead of the engines. As the aeroplane accelerates the cone moves forward, reducing the area of the intake and moving the shock wave. It's a very complex subject, but if you look at the intake on any super sonic aeroplane you will see something that does the same sort of thing. Take a look at a picture of the American SR-71 engines. Much the same sort of thing as the intake on the Lightning, but optermised for Mach 3+ .
Connor. If you could go 28000 mph in an airplane or an aeroplane as we call them then yes you could get into orbit. But no plane goes that fast not least until we have hypersonic aircraft. mach 5 and beyond. But it's a lot more than mach 5 to reach orbital velocity. cheers.
I cannot wait for Tempest. the return of British designed aircraft. Our first or the first ever 6th generation stealth aircraft. They are coming along pretty well in development. The other week they were testing the ejection seat and a couple weeks later they were testing the engine which is way furhther than I thought they had got. I thought they were still in the preliminary design phase. which is great.
It's a mach cone i think they call it that nose cone bit. It stops aair pressure building at supersonic speeds. which can cause the plane to stall etc. I think. I did learn about it but how well i retained the information is another thing. definitely right about the orbital velocity though.
Why the hell did we sell the engine to the soviets? Our government can be so bloody stupid. please don't delete my post Youtube that isn't a swear word in the UK.