And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes they did, but it was the short ventral tank. The F6 has a longer bulge because they added two 30mm cannons in front of the fuel tank. A buddy of mine worked on Lightnings at Leuchars in Scotland, talks about them often.
BAC Lightning.
ReplyDeleteEnglish Electric Lightning, most likely an F6 with the long ventral tank.
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Actually, the F.2A and F.3A variants also had the ventral tank.
ReplyDeleteYes they did, but it was the short ventral tank. The F6 has a longer bulge because they added two 30mm cannons in front of the fuel tank. A buddy of mine worked on Lightnings at Leuchars in Scotland, talks about them often.
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Too bad the afterburner flames are photoshopped. I'd prefer the less exciting original.
ReplyDeleteBut I've never found it, myself.
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