English Electric Lightning supersonic fighter jet, Thunder City

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Nice video about the famous Thunder City English Electric Lightning in Cape Town, Soth Africa. Unfortunately flights stopped in 2010. But MiGFlug still offers supersonic and Edge of Space flights!
You can overtake control and fly to the Edge of Space with a modern supersonic fighter jet!

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Science & Technology

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• Thunder City
• English Electric Lightning

[ChannelingusXIV]

just once in my life i'd like to take a ride at the speed of sound in one of those things. I wonder if there are companies that do this.

[schap]

Yes, actually there are such companies: migflug.com

[quagmire475]

one amazing aircraft, a tribue to when this countr could desighn and biuld its own aircraft without having to team up with the french, americans or EU.

[macraeboy1]

In trials in April 1985, Concorde was offered as a target to fighters including F-15s, F-16s, F-14s, Mirages, F-104s - but only Lightning XR749, managed to overtake Concorde on a stern conversion intercept. It also once intercepted and American U-2 at a height which they had previously considered safe from interception 88000ft or 26800 meters if you like she was the first british aircraft to fly past mach 2 not bad for a craft first operation in 1959 and i love it LOL

[motorguzzi100]

@macraeboy1 yup you are right my friend cant imagine american pilots faces looking up 8000ft to see a lightning looking down on their u2 spy plane or concord's pilots faces

[t1000eg]

@amorroni haha

[amorroni]

Wow, what a plane, we could use them now.  Bring them back.

[subzerostorm]

so loud lol fucking loveeee itt!!!!!! Turbo Jets rock!

[Thadumas]

@r1cw ..Most of those "scholars and professionals" are shills for the Military-Industrial Complex..or don't you believe in that beast either?....It's all about the money..son...it's not about protecting you from the brown boogeymen...it's just about making sure that tax dollars get wasted in the right direction...As for Starbucks...I suspect they're mostly kept in business by the Yuppie-shit crowd that votes the way you do.

[r1cw]

@Thadumas I would rather believe the things I read in published and credible aviation magazines from scholars and professions than the crap you and your lame friends rant about at Starbucks over an over priced cup of coffee. But in your world there is conspiracy around every corner and in every shadow.

[Thadumas]

@r1cw ...and if the Russians build it..not only will it work..but it also will keep on working..and won't need an army of mechanics with train-loads of spare parts to keep it flying...and nor will it require a perfect runway to operate from....The Russians build their shit for the real world...we build ours as an excuse to squeeze more gold from the goose's carcass.