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The Lightning's trademark tail-stand manoeuvre exchanged airspeed for altitude; it could slow to near-stall speeds before commencing level flight. The Lightning's optimum climb profile required the use of afterburners during takeoff.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American two-engine fighter used by the United States Army Air Forces and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 10,037 ...
This resulted in a tailstrike, the rubber tail bumper of the Lightning hitting the concrete, breaking, and detaching the cable of the drogue parachute used for assisting braking. Braking hard, Holden managed to bring the Lightning to a stop about one hundred yards before the end of the runway. [3] Holden was airborne for 12 minutes. [5]
The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...
Striking video shows the moment a British Airways plane was hit by lightning while sitting at a gate at a Brazilian airport on Friday.. In a video posted to X by Bernhard Warr, a British Airways ...
Lightning Training Flight RAF: LTF D: No. 11 Squadron RAF: 11 Sqn D: No. 14 (Advanced) Flying Training School: 14 (A)FTS D: No. 15 Squadron RAF: 15 Sqn D: No. 19 Flying Training School RAF: 19 FTS D: No. 230 Squadron RAF: 230 Sqn D: No. 234 Squadron RAF: 234 Sqn D: No. 235 Operational Conversion Unit RAF: 235 OCU D: No. 31 Squadron RAF: 31 Sqn ...
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters.A multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions, it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II in flight. Operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II family began in 1995 with the Joint Strike Fighter program.Since its first flight in 2006, the aircraft has faced substantial controversy, shortages in its research and development supply, [1] and safety concerns due to incidents. [2]