Coming during a time when a technology pioneered in Britain, the English Electric Lightning was a supersonic interceptor and jet capable of unmatched performance and capability during the Cold War ...

The English Electric Lightning has the distinction of being the only all British supersonic fighter to have served with the Royal Air Force. It was designed primarily as a rapid interceptor ...

From plywood testbeds to the P.1 prototype, English Electric’s radical design leapt past Mach 1. But with fuel leaks, violent ...

The application for a temporary hangar to house the English Electric jet has been given the go-ahead by West Lindsey District Council.

The car is the electric Lightning and the world-leading technology is a combination of wheel-mounted electric motors and, more importantly, the Nano-Titanate batteries that power them.

The supersonic English Electric Lightning was designed to intercept Soviet bombers and served as a mainstay of the RAF during the Cold War. Jet XR724 first flew on 10 February 1965 and spent ...

Holden's unit maintained their premier jet fighter, the English Electric Lightning F.1.

My favourite British aircraft was the English Electric Lightning jet fighter – the RAF’s first fighter capable of flying at Mach 2, which is twice the speed of sound.