dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 JFs beautiful Lightning F6, in this case the export Mk53 version. I picked this one up along with the Eurofighter for £12 in the current sale. I have to agree with the critics, it really is a superb model. Anyway this is the first outing..... thanks for viewing 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks for the preview Alan. I just bought this and the L1011 TriStar from this sale. Not really a warbird jet guy myself, so the Eurofighter looks a bit too complex for me. Vintage go fast jets look more my speed, kind of why I like the Buckeye so much. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mike H 456 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Very Nice Alan enjoy I have her too great a/c. Shot 3. if you keep that heading you will be in outer space before you know it. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Very Nice Alan enjoy I have her too great a/c. Shot 3. if you keep that heading you will be in outer space before you know it. Mike Close, I got her up to 74,000 ft! The view from up there is amazing! In 1984, during a NATO exercise, Flt Lt Mike Hale intercepted a U-2 at a height which they had previously been considered safe (thought to be 66,000 feet (20,000 m)). Records show that Hale also climbed to 88,000 ft (27,000 m) in his Lightning F.3 XR749. This was not sustained level flight but a ballistic climb, in which the pilot takes the aircraft to top speed and then puts the aircraft into a climb, exchanging speed for altitude. Hale also participated in time-to-height and acceleration trials against Lockheed F-104 Starfighters from Aalborg. He reports that the Lightnings won all races easily with the exception of the low-level supersonic acceleration, which was a "dead heat". Lightning pilot and Chief Examiner Brian Carroll reported taking a Lightning F.53 up to 87,300 feet (26,600 m) over Saudi Arabia at which level "Earth curvature was visible and the sky was quite dark", noting that control-wise "it was on a knife edge" Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 It's a helluva fast bird for sure. like 15 minutes or so from San Francisco to Reno....fwooooossssshhh. Very fun plane. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dolf8857 640 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nice one Alan, you're gonna go fast now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
charlie 6 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Great shots Alan, there's one at Elvington, have to dig out my photos, got one of a plaque regarding combat. Can't remember exactly but I remember being surprised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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