Issue 5 - English Electric Lightning: Contents
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Going supersonic... Dawn of the Lightning... A Pilot's perspective... Thoroughbred Fighter Station... Lightning weapons system... Lightning F3 cockpit... The 'Hole on the Wall'... 'Bee' - test pilot of the ultimate British fighter... Lightning F6 in detail... 'Gas guzzlers'... Binbrook - the Lightning years... Fighting the Lightning...
6 Introduction - Going supersonic
8 Dawn of the Lightning
18 'Tigers'
22 A Pilot's perspective
30 Thoroughbred Fighter Station
34 Lightning weapons system
40 Lightning F3 cockpit
42 The 'Hole on the Wall'
48 'Bee' - test pilot of the ultimate British fighter
50 Lightning F6 in detail
52 'Gas guzzlers'
54 Binbrook - the Lightning years
62 Lightnings live on!
74 Thunder City
78 A Lightning life
86 "Mayday, Mayday"
90 Scramble!
92 'Brass Monkeys, Battle Flight and Low-Level'
100 'Firebirds'
104 Fighting the Lightning
108 Eject! Eject!
110 Air defence generations
112 Lightning sunset
118 Riding the Magic Carpet
122 Last of the Lightnings
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