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

The Lightning developed beyond its initial interceptor role into a very capable attack fighter and reconnaissance platform. 1st manufacturing Lightning, the F.1, flew in October 1959, and deliveries started into the summer 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, rate and roof, a liquid-oxygen respiration system the pilot, a steerable nosewheel, fully-variable afterburners, and enhanced electronics. The F.3, featuring two 16,360-pound thrust Avon machines, a bigger square-tip fin, Red-Top missiles, while the capability of carrying two big over-wing gas pods, entered solution in 1964. The F.3A, later on re-designated the F.6, had been caused by a BAC suggestion to nearly increase the Lightning's fuel ability and to fit it with a redesigned wing. This modification allowed the airplane to carry more, become more efficient, and go faster.

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