Lightning Eject
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The English Electric Lightning entered RAF squadron service in 1960 and continued flying in the interceptor role until 1988. It had a stunning world-beating performance with a top speed in excess of Mach 2 and a climb rate that would take it to 40,000 feet in a little over 3 minutes. The aircraft's safety record, however, left much to be desired. During a period in the early 1970s the attrition rate was the loss of a Lightning every month. There was a six per cent chance of a pilot experiencing an engine fire and a one in four chance that he would not survive. This book looks at Lightning accidents and incidents in chronological order using the official accident reports, Board of Enquirey findings and first-hand accounts from pilots. It puts the reader very much 'in the cockpit'. SELLING POINTS: Aviation buff's enthusiasm for Lightning literature Hitherto untold stories of dramatic crashes and incidents A superb companion volume to the successful Lightning from the Cockpit ILLUSTRATIONS: 60 mono in plates
Author: Peter Caygill
Format: Hardback, 208 pages, 156mm x 234mm
Published: 2012, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Military History
Description
The English Electric Lightning entered RAF squadron service in 1960 and continued flying in the interceptor role until 1988. It had a stunning world-beating performance with a top speed in excess of Mach 2 and a climb rate that would take it to 40,000 feet in a little over 3 minutes. The aircraft's safety record, however, left much to be desired. During a period in the early 1970s the attrition rate was the loss of a Lightning every month. There was a six per cent chance of a pilot experiencing an engine fire and a one in four chance that he would not survive. This book looks at Lightning accidents and incidents in chronological order using the official accident reports, Board of Enquirey findings and first-hand accounts from pilots. It puts the reader very much 'in the cockpit'. SELLING POINTS: Aviation buff's enthusiasm for Lightning literature Hitherto untold stories of dramatic crashes and incidents A superb companion volume to the successful Lightning from the Cockpit ILLUSTRATIONS: 60 mono in plates
Lightning Eject