Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23994 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Synopsis
The English Electric Lightning was the only single-seat supersonic interceptor fighter designed and manufactured in the UK. This book gatheres 16 personal accounts of what it was like to fly the Lightning, thrilling stories that convey the immense brute power of the machine and also it's many pitfalls.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book, vast amounts of detail and first hand experiences
Really enjoyed this. There's a lot of technical detail which I found fascinating along with vivid accounts from the pilots. The stories were new to me despite having quite a few books on the subject already. Brian Carroll's memories of getting a Lightning F53 so high he was doing Mach 2 but still only just above stall speed is a great tale for instance!

Recommended.

Fascinating.....
A fascinating in-sight into the science behind the design & production of a brilliant example of British engineering at it's best; some highly technical bits to keep the 'techies' enthralled, and some amazing first hand descriptions of flying, operating & maintaining what was a fantastic aircraft, then and now.
If you love Lightnings, then this is for you; snd please support the LPG too!!

Everything you want to know about the Lightning
This is not a book for those who expect chapters of 'derring do' from past pilots of this aircraft.
The book is indeed full of facts, performance figures, development history and also narrative from the brave guys who sat in the cockpit, but for me, the Title was a slight embellishment of the books content. This is not to detract from the amount of time and effort the author obviously put into the production of this book, but there are many chapters of aircraft research and performance data which left me skipping some of those pages.
A more obvious title would have been similar to the heading of this review.