Название: Lightning from the Cockpit: Flying the Supesonic Legend
Автор: Peter Caygill
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1844150828
Год издания: 2004
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 220
Формат: PDF
Размер: 77,5 MB
The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK. It saw service with the RAF in the sixties and seventies and gained a worthy reputation for its speed ( in excess of Mach 2 ) and phenomenal rate of climb. It was, however, a not entirely reliable aeroplane and over fifty were lost during its operational career. In this book, the author has gathered together 16 personal accounts of what it was like to fly the Lightning, thrilling stories that convey the immense brute power of the machine and also its many pitfalls.