In the early 1950s, Britain faced the threat of high altitude Soviet bombers, prompting the need for a high-performance interceptor capable of extraordinary speed and rapid climb. English Electric ...

British aviation history is full of planes that people remember for what they could do and how they looked. These planes were ...

The English Electric Lightning was Britain's first supersonic jet fighter. But it was more than just a test-bed plane designed to break the sound barrier; it's also a plane with a long and storied ...