Originally Posted by Pete E
No sure it would ever win any beauty contests, but the English Electric Lightening was another amazing Cold War era interceptor.

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Faster than even the Star Fighter or the later F15, the Lightening was one of the very few jets that could successfully intercept the U2..

In trials against the U2, successful intercepts were made up to 66000 feet, although test pilots had flown the Lightening up to altitudes of 88000 feet...



looks like they borrowed some design features from various Migs