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40,000 Feet in 150 Seconds: The British Jet That Could Catch a U-2 Spy Plane

Designed in the late 1940s, the English Electric Lightning was a jet so powerful it could climb to 40,000 feet in under 150 ...
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Cornish EE Lightning F.53 Jet Heads to a New Home

As reported on social media, 53-672, a former Saudi air force English Electric Lightning F.53, formerly part of the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre recently made the 9-hour journey north from ...
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Beyond Aero Hydrogen-Electric Jet Advances Toward Certification

French manufacturer Beyond Aero is making significant progress toward certifying and commercializing its BYA-1 hydrogen-electric light jet by 2030. The BYA-1 features a clean-sheet design optimized ...