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English Electric Lightning

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Lightning
Lightning F.3 leta 1964
Vloga Prestreznik
Izvor Združeno kraljestvo
Proizvajalec/-ci English Electric
British Aircraft Corporation
Krstni polet 4. avgust 1954 (P.1A)
Predstavljen December 1959
Upokojen 1988 (RAF)
Glavni uporabniki RAF
Kuvajstske letalske sile
Savdske letalske sile
Število izdelanih 337

English Electric Lightning je bil dvomotorni prestreznik britanskega proizvajalca English Electric (pozneje British Aircraft Corporation). Po izgledu je precej podoben Migu-21, je pa imel za razliko dva motorja in je poletel približno leto in pol prej in sicer 4. avgusta 1954. Največja hitrost je bila okrog 2 Macha, imel je tudi možnost superkrižarjenja - letenje pri nadzvočni hitrosti brez uporabe dodatnega zgorevanja. Več kot 20 let je bil glavno prestrezniško letalo Kraljeviih letalskih sil (RAF). Uporabljali sta ga tudi Saudova Arabija in Kuvajt. Skupaj so zgradili 337 letal.

Poganjala sta ga dva turboreaktivna motorja Rolls-Royce Avon, ki sta bila nameščena en nad drugim - posebnost pri lovcih. Naklon krila je bil 60 stopinj. Lightning je bil izjemno hiter in se je hitro vzpenjal, je pa imel majhen dolet.

Lightning F.3 v letu, 1983
Preserved Lightning XN776 v East Fortune
Lightning P.1A v Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
Lightning F.6 v Warner-Robbins Air Museum, Georgia

Specifikacije(Lightning F.6)

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Podatki iz Pilots Notes and Operating Data Manual for Lightning F.6 (unless otherwise noted)

Splošne karakteristike

  • Posadka: 1
  • Dolžina: 55 ft 3 in (16,8 m)
  • Razpon kril: 34 ft 10 in (10,6 m)
  • Višina: 19 ft 7 in (5,97 m)
  • Površina kril: 474,5 ft² (44,08 m²)
  • Teža praznega letala: 31068 lb (14092 kg)
  • Maks. vzletna teža: 45750 lb (20752 kg)
  • Pogon letala: 2 × Rolls-Royce Avon 301R afterburning turboreaktivni motor

Zmogljivost

  • Maks. hitrost: Mach 2,0 (1300 mph, 2100 km/h) na 36000 čevljih višine
  • Doseg: 850 milj (1370 km)
  • Največji doseg: 920 milj (800 NM, 1660 km) 1270 mi (1100 NM) z dodatnimi rezervoarji
  • Višina leta: 54000 ft (16000 m) z>70000 ft
  • Hitrost vzpenjanja: 20000 ft/min (100 m/s)
  • Obremenitev kril: 76 lb/ft² (370 kg/m²)
  • Razmerje potisk/teža: 0,78

Oborožitev

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Reference

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Bibliografija

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  • Ellis, Ken (2012). Wreck & Relics, 23rd Edition. Manchester: Crecy Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9 780859 791724.
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  • McLelland, Tim. English Electric Lightning: Britain's First and Last Supersonic Interceptor. Surrey, UK: Ian Allen Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-190-653-7.
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  • "Punter, H". "An Arabian Magic Carpet". Air International, Vol. 15, No. 5, October 1978, pp. 167–172.
  • Ransom, Stephen and Robert Fairclough. English Electric Aircraft and their Predecessors. London: Putnam, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-806-2.
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  • Williams, Anthony G. and Emmanuel Gustin. Flying Guns: The Modern Era. Wiltshire, UK: Crowood Press, 2004. ISBN 978-1-86126-655-2.
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  • Wood, Derek (1986). Project Cancelled: The Disaster of Britain's Abandoned Aircraft Projects (2 izd.). London: Jane's. ISBN 978-0-7106-0441-5.
  • Caygill, Peter. Lightning from the Cockpit: Flying the Supersonic Legend. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2004. ISBN 1-84415-082-8.

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