01635 BAE Lightning F.3 - Trumpeter  [TP01635]

The Lightning developed beyond its initial interceptor component into a tremendously capable hit fighter and reconnaissance platform. The very first manufacturing Lightning, the F.1, travelled in October 1959, and deliveries had been just available in summer season of 1960. It had good radar and heat-seeking Firestreak missiles. A follow-on variation, the F.1A, had air-refueling ability and a UHF radio. The F.2 variation starred in 1961, and had better range, rate and roof, a liquid-oxygen breathing system the pilot, a steerable nosewheel, fully-variable afterburners, and improved electronics. The F.3, featuring two 16,360-pound thrust Avon products, an even more impressive square-tip fin, Red-Top missiles, while the capability of holding two big over-wing gasoline pods, joined solution in 1964. The F.3A, afterward re-designated the F.6, was at reality the result of a BAC suggestion to almost increase the Lightning's fuel ability and also to fit it with a redesigned wing. This modification permitted the airplane to transport more, be more efficient, and acquire faster.

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