Trumpeter 01634 English Electric (BAC) Lightning F.1A/F.2  [TP01634]

The Lightning developed beyond its initial interceptor component into a tremendously capable assault fighter and reconnaissance platform. very first manufacturing Lightning, the F.1, travelled in October 1959, and deliveries begun to summer time time of 1960. It had a robust radar and heat-seeking Firestreak missiles. A follow-on variation, the F.1A, had air-refueling capability and a UHF radio. The F.2 variant starred in 1961, and had better range, price and roof, a liquid-oxygen respiration system the pilot, a steerable nosewheel, fully-variable afterburners, and improved electronic devices. The F.3, featuring two 16,360-pound thrust Avon products and services, a far more impressive square-tip fin, Red-Top missiles, even though the capability of carrying two big over-wing gas pods, joined up with up with with solution in 1964. The F.3A, as time goes by re-designated the F.6, have been considering a BAC recommendation to very nearly raise the Lightning's gas capability and also to fit it with a redesigned wing. This modification permitted the airplane to hold more, be more efficient, and get quicker.

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