How Britain Built An Overpowered Interceptor Unlike Anything Else - The English Electric Lightning

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SUBSCRIBE IF YOU LOVE THE SMELL OF JET FUEL IN THE MORNING ;-) Joe Hello Everyone, A bit about me and the channel, I learned to fly long ago, but as with all things in life, fate had other ideas. After many years away from flying, I have decided to try and get back into aviation by sharing my love of it here on Youtube. I love to do deep dive videos into various aircraft and stories, with the odd light hearted video thrown in I will try to reply to as many comments as I can, even the negative ones :-) If I don't reply, it's not personal, I have to work during the day and weekends to pay the bills and big daddy government. My interest is in all aspects of aviation and aim to publish at least one video a week and cover aircraft from the WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Modern day Civil, military, short docs and air crash investigations. Kind regards Joe P.S: Every like, comment and subscription helps out the channel and motivates me to make more content

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